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Show GERMAN VESSELS PREY OF BRITONS SIXTEEN SHIPS SUNK, CAPTURED OR WRECKED IN ATTEMPT TO RUN BLOCKADE. first Effective Blow British Navy Has Dealt German Blockade Running System in Three Years Made Possible by Americans. Lnniloii. A t'lfi'l ol' m-vcmi I'i'ii small Ci-rnuui vivsols vetil uivtl lni'ili 1'imiu 3 lot I .-i l;i tn in mi 1 1 r 1 1 r i c lii run 1 1 ic British l.lurk.-nli'. Tliri'e of Ihrin left Snl 1 1 i i l.i , 11-n- iilhi-r I'.iurl.M-ii M I:i.v. A jHiwcrl'nl LniMi "iiNiMiuil"" t" t j 1 1 ; t lay in unit fur llu-in in llu' Nnrili sea. This is v lint liiippi'iii'il to tin- 'IVnl'.n nliii: J 'iiiii- sunk, 1'ci in- rapl un-'l, i'uiir st nuiili'il, (no urerki'il, two l'l"il l,;irk, Imilly ihiiii;iK'''l "V "-'"it tin-; Intnl. Hi. Our I'luil back atul ri'iu huil shun unluirnii'il. It Was lilt' first effective blow the I'.rilisli navy lias iluall In lliu (lurinan Mm-kadi'-ninning system in thtvi years ( wart'ari'. Il was niacin pos-K pos-K 1 1 j 1 1 - l.y Hie presence In British waters wa-ters ol' .Sinenean destroyers, which elliililell Ihn Brilisli In ilulail i large iarl lit' Ihulr tnosipiilo craft, to walch tin- iTi'ifly lillle Ti'tiloii smugglers. 'I'lic Brilisli admiralty, in a .stato-liiciil .stato-liiciil i'l'tiusilay. aeeiiuntcil only for six of Hie Onnan ships, saying four were faplurt'il anil two driven hack to the Dutch short.', riddled by gunfire. From Viuiiltlt'ii came iiiioffii'iiil news of the fate of Hit.' other blockade, runnel's. run-nel's. The Herman ships paid no altenlion to the "slop" signals of the British de-mroy.ers. de-mroy.ers. They simply turned around ami sin Ned a wild race 1'dV the shore whence I hey came. J'.ul (he I'.i'ilish tlslroyers were too swift for them and the gunfire too effeclive. The crews of two of tlie vessels captured "escaped," "es-caped," the admiralty announced. While no details are given, tins suggests sug-gests the dramalic picture of fully a score of sailors Jumping overboard and swimming for their lives wilh wdiat result no one knows. The frustration frus-tration of the blockade-running epe-tliiiou epe-tliiiou is a great blow to Germany, coining tit ii time when thai, country Is believed to be straining every I'.eive lo prove to Holland and the .Scandinavian conn, ries lltal, 1 1 i 1 J Hie trading is perilous. (Icmuey is doing Iter best to keep up and evt n increase the exchange of certain go, ids. |