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THRILLING EPIC OF TARANTO
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LONDON, Nov. 14 (Reuter).-In no country will the change when RAF. bombers arrived int caused by the bombing of the Italian Fleet be acen more quickly night.
The visitors, however, proceeded than in Egypt, where the Battle of Taranto will have reper with their programme and, spotting cussions.
warships in the harbour in a clear Whereas up till recently the threat to Alexandria seemed moonlight night, they swooped down immediate, now on land na well as on sex the balanco appears from the eastern part of the main docks in the Inner harbour which to be turning the other way,
It is now clear that when Italy was heavily bombed with high ex-
plosives and incendiaries. declared war on Greece, she was At one time seven big fires were strong enough for an immediate binzing together.
alone
On returning, the plots reported Included 24,000 veleran Alpinis. that naval oll tanks and destroyer They were joined later by a Centauria pens were hit and that one slick of division of tanks and motorcycle high explosives fell along the wall of units a total of 25,000 picked men. the docks where destroyers were led
These divisions are now struggling
Heroic Pilot Gets Enemy And V.C.
FROM PAGE ONE
offensive. Her Koritza divisiona
petrol tank, setting the Hurricane on fire, and another wounded the pilot In the heel.
the pilot, another exploded in a spared state.
One of the raiders, when on the way home, aaw Taranto lighted up by an Iminente flash from an excep- tionally great-explosion..
up. the Pindus gorges in
Whether or not the Greeks can continue. their local successes. and As Nicolson turned to
avoid capture Koritzo, the entire situation further shots, he found that a Messer in the Adriatic has already altered in schmitt was right in his gunsight, the Allies' favour. Both planes were diving at 400 miles per hour. When Nicolson pressed
African Position
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Docks Attacked LONDON, Nov. 14 (Reuter)The second attack on Taranto was direct- ed at the ducks and harbour, where the button he could see his right The same may be said of Africa, the fleet Air Arm had left two Italian thumb bilstering in the heat and his The fall of Galiabat was well-timed battleships and two
under water. left hand, which was holding the with the Taranto action, although its
From this Intest attack, all throttle open, was also blistering in Influence may be smaller on the
machines retumed safely. the flames,
strategic plan.
The Italians admitted the attack in Intense Heat
What must be even more disturbing:
and lo-day
also 24 communique The heat was so great that he had to Italian morale is the continued mentioned the raids on Bologna and to put his feet on the seat bencath British naval and air force attacks Durazzo, Cagliaric and the island of hla parachute.
on Ben Ghazi and Tobruk. The Pantellariu, halfway between Malta The night continued several mic supplies on seaborne traffic and the
Italian
army in Libya depends for and North Africa. until the Messerschmitt disappeared in a steep dive and later witnesses drums of oil and water, laboriously reported that they had seen it crash amassed, will not last indefinitely in in the sea.
Libyn, Abyssinia and Somaliland it Nicolson, after knocking his head sea communications are denied. on the hood above him, managed to several first. After Jump head
omersaults in the air, he pulled the Lip cord with considerable dificulty, about the Brilish situation in the # took him. 20 minutes to reach the Middle East. General Sir Archibald Wavell has a tremendous task ahead ground.
Another Messerschmitt came Nevertheless this week's operations screaming past, su Nicolson pretended have helped greatly towards his final
he was dead. As he was coming goal.
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Soviet. Comment LONDON, Nov. 14 (Reuter)-"The British raid on Turanto must be ad- mitted to be a great success," declared Captain in the Soviet. Navy in an Interview qualed by the Moscow radio to-night.
Fle added timt the establishment of Corfu bases, about 100 miles from the tailan bases, has placed the Britials in a much better position to strike at the itallan army.
He also said that the aerial torpedo is a much more éffective weapon against warships than the bomb as it can hit vulnerable underwater parts,
down, he thought he would hit a high Lension cable but managed 10 LONDON, Nov. 1 (British Wire- manoeuvre in the sky so as to mias} less).—Mr. Anthony Eden, the War
Italian Denial it and feally landed in a field.
Secretary, had a special inessage to SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" relations and friends of "essentially} ROME, Nov. 14 (UP).—An extra- an Imperial Army" In the Middle ordinary Communique Issued to-day Enst
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'Churchill, 'In Members of this úrmy, Mr. Eden his speech to the House of Commons. said, faced the future with the utmost fantastically distorted the true facts confidence, and he was able to report of the British bombing of Taranto. that the standard of health was good.
Govern- The communique sald a Mr. Eden recounted how he had ment account of the incident will Britain's Huge Order
seen volunteers from Australia, New soon be issued, dealing with the
entire Mediterranean situation. OTTAWA, Nov. 14 (Reuter). Zealand, South Africa, Indin. -Britain has agreed to buy
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At Berna a large fire was started us the result of an attack on the bar- racks.
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Ministry circles here state that the Numerous reconnaissance raids BERLIN, Nov. 14 (UP)-A Ger- Royal Air Forte rald on Taranto on were carried out over enemy territory man U-boat has sunk dive armed Wednesday night was "highly in all war areas of the Middle East. merchant ships totalling 28,849 tons, successful." resulting in tremendous From these operations, all our air- according to the High Command Ares and explosions. The main docks, craft returned safely. ecmmunique to-day.
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LONDON, Nov. 14 (Reuter). Sue- cessful work by naval fighter aircraft during recent operations In the Mediterranean has resulted in at least three enemy alrcraft
being destroyed and others being damaged without British loss,
This is announced by the Ad- niralty, which says that one Italian aircraft, carrying out shadowing dut- les, was damaged and shot down in the sea on November 8 and a forma- tion of seven aircraft approaching the Fleet were driven off, one being shot down.
On November 9 one enemy aircraft was destroyed. On November 10, unother was destroyed and one was damaged.
Enemy planes have dropped bombs near the Fleet without causing dam- age or casualties.
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