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NAVAL

OF

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 20, 1940.

BOMBARDMENT

ITALIAN

ARMY

Harrying Advance From Sea, Land And Air

MOONLIGHT

RAID ON DODECANESE

・A vivid account of a

Point Blank Shelling Of Road

AN ADMIRALTY COMMUNIQUE ISSUED

successful attack on the IN LONDON YESTERDAY SAYS THE INITIAL Dodecanese Islands was REPORT FROM THE COMMANDER-IN- given in Cairo yesterday CHIEF, MEDITERRANEAN, INDICATES THAT by one of the British pilots UNITS OF THE ROYAL NAVY CONTINUE TO engaged.

HARRY THE NORTHERN FLANK OF THE ITALIAN ADVANCE FROM LIBYA. “

He said: "We

set out on a

bright moonlight night and had a most comfortable trip. Our tar-j gets were easy to find; mine was Rhodes, and I saw my stick of

drome at Calato.' Fires broke out, in hangars in Maritza.

bombs explode across the aero-

"None of our aircraft was hit. "Other fellows went to the na-'

On the night of September 17 one of our naval units bombarded the coast road to Sollum at close range. Simultaneously other units attack an enemy concentration at

val and seaplane base 'in Porto Sidi-el-Barrani.

Lago Bay at Leros. The first stick

of bombs caused heavy explosions, The C.-in-C., Mediterranean, Concurrently with these opera- evidently an ammunition store,

reports that both these bombard-tions off the Libyan coast naval and a petrol dump, because a firements appeared to have consider-operations have been carried out followed which spread along the]

in other areas. In the course of able success. coast for over a mile.

Ben Ghazi was attacked by air-these operations no enemy naval "There was a direct hit on the craft of the Fleet Air

Arm on forces could be located.-Reuter. power station and a second stick September 16. During

this at- on the seaplane tack a merchantship

was set on fire, a destroyer probably sunk

of bombs fell base.

Cairo Communique

The naval attack was announc-

and several other ships damaged. Jed yesterday by the Egyptian An Italian communique ad- Premier and is admitted in on mitted that a "torpedo-boat and Italian communique.

pontoon, bave been sunk and a the

Six Tons Of Bombs

"A third attack was made on the naval barracks across Bay. Altogether we dropped six tons of high explosive and incen- diary bombs on these targets and all pilots are agreed that very con-

few fires started at Ben Ghazi."| · A. Cairo.communiqué, describing the bombing, says that bombs hit many Italian gun emplacements. Further: back, behind the Italian lines, the RAF started up this 10 fires among enemy transpart at Bug Bug, the dried upwell between Sollum and. Sidl-el- Barrani

siderable damage was caused. Aviv it was with more than "Since the chaps in Rhodes and pleasure that we, went on Leros were those who raided Tel-raid," Reuter.

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On Monday night, R.A.F. bombers flew 250 miles, across Libya to: attack uthe importanti military aerodrome at Ben Ghaxi; where several hangara were destroyed and. a number 'planes set on fire.

An Italian communique yester- day admitted that damage was done.

The R.A.F. have shot down an Italian flying-boat in the Medi- terranean.

One of our ships rescued

Reuter.

crew.

No Change

the

A communiqué issued in Caira yesterday stated there is no change in the situation in Egypt. The enemy continues to consoli-. date his positions in the Sidi-el- ¡Barraní and. Sollum areas.

There is nothing to report from other positions.-Reuter,

Italian Communique

Yesterday's Italian High. Com- mand communique admitted ́in- tense action by · British”-naval forces and the R.A.F.

British naval Units, says the communique, started a:bomb- ardment of Italian troops in the| coastal zonei between-Bardia) (Libya)-and-Bidi+ol-Barradi

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The

Italian High · Command. states the British carried out per- (al action in the Tobruk zonë and[ jogairist Bomba.... and, Benghazi în |Libya, causing damage and losses. It also states that British, aircraft attacked Rhodes and Leros, where many fires were started by bombs.--Reuters

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It is reliably learned · that the Japanese yesterday ́pre- sented the Indo-China' Gov- erriment with new demands following the conclusion of the agreement to allow Japanese troops passage through Indo- China to the Chinese border. Admiral De Coux, 'it is re- ported, rejected the demands, hence the sudden activity in Tokyo and the order by the Consul-General in. Hanoi .... to Japanese civilians.

There is still no authorita- 'tiye confirmation of an' ulti- matum.

A direct hit from an A.A. gun brought down a Nazi bomber in south- west London early this The 'plane ex- morning. ploded on crashing after narrowly missing a hospi- tal and demolished a house. One of the crew baled out and was captur- ed: Reuter.

The full Egyptian Cabinet met in Cairo yesterday and adjourned-till): 60-

Reu-

ter.

· News received-in-Cairo' this, morning, from Syria indicates 'the Syrians. increasing : ën- mity towards the Italian arm- istice commission. The Ara- bic news agency, Agence: d'Orient, learns on good au- thority in Syria that the Gov ernment of Iraq has actively intervened in Syrian affairs and has submitted a Note to the Vichy Government bodying certain demands, in- cluding restoration of consti- tutional life in Syria and Le

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