§ SIR W. LAWSON (Cumberland, Cockermouth)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether there was any truth in the report in the newspapers of that day that there had been a conflict in Crete, and that several of our troops had been slaughtered?
THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. GOSCITEN, St. George's, Hanover Square)I have seen the report in the newspapers referred to by the hon. Baronet, but I have not heard a word of official confirmation of it.