BRITISH NAVAL PATROL OFF BREST SINKS EIGHT ENEMY SHIPS IN NIGHT ACTION. 23 AUGUST 1944, ON BOARD HMS MAURITIUS. IN THE COURSE OF TWO BRISK ENGAGEMENTS IN AUDIERNE BAY BETWEEN BREST AND LORIENT, IN THE SMALL HOURS OF THE MORNING OF 23 AUGUST HM SHIPS UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN W W DAVIS, RN, IN THE CRUISER MAURITIUS, PURSUED AND DESTROYED EIGHT ENEMY SHIPS. THE DESTROYERS HMS URSE AND HMCS IROQUOIS WERE IN COMPANY WITH HMS MAURITIUS. - HMCS IROQUOIS going in at first light to torpedo one of the enemy ships driven aground

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