An item referred that according the opinion of an anonymous export to who the newspaper New York Post referred of the 6,000 British soldiers on board of the British transport Lancastria 4,000 were killed. Partly of the survivors arrived Tuesday at New York. She was torpedoed in July in the Channel. The De Courant dated 27 July 1940 published an item dated Geneva 26 July reporting that German planes bombarded and sunk the passenger ship Lancastria of 16,243 gross tons off St. Nazaire. On board were about 5,300 men of which 2,477 were saved. The Lancastria belonged to the Cunard White Star Line. The latest tidings made clear she was used to evacuate British troops who stayed behind when Dunkirk was evacuated. They intended now to cross the Channel at St. Nazaire. Part of the troops belonged to the special forces.
