Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1919 — FRENCH NAVY LOST 134 SHIPS [ARTICLE]

FRENCH NAVY LOST 134 SHIPS

Total of Tonnage, 110,000; Four Batand Four Armored Cruisers in List Paris.—A full list of French naval losses in the war includes four battleships, the Bouvet. Suffren, Gaulois and Danton; four armored cruisers, the Leon Gainbetta, Amlral Charner, Cleber and Dupetit Thouars; one fast cruiser, the Ghateaureuauft; fourteen destroyers, eight 'torpedo boats and fourteen submarines. One of the submarines, the Duri, was refloated by the enemy, but was subsequently recovered. Minor ships sunk were five auxiliary cruisers, four gunboats, seventytwo, submarine chasers, one sloop and seven small craft. The French loss totaled 110.000 tons, iigainst 550.000 tons for England, 76.i 100 tons for Italy and 17,5(10 tons for the United States. ' Formerly "one of the big. imports of. Brazil was rice. She now exports Iva times as much rice as she ever imported. . ’ ' g ,