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 attack, claiming the destruction of one U-boat, and in a score of metropolitan dailies appeared interviews with sailors, hospital apprentices, officers, etc., all thrilling in their description of the sea battle. On July 20th The New York Tribune, a paper most horrified by our "fake," published a letter received from a private in France in which these statements were made:

Most delightful contribution of all was this report that the Associated Press itself sent out:

The very papers, however, that carried sensational and even lurid accounts of the battle in their news