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Mediterranean Front Favourable To Allies

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November 15. 1940.

THRILLING EPIC OF TARANTO

FROM PAGE ONE

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

Line, Cyprus, Mauritius and nearly £26,500,000 worth of food in the fiddle

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Making this announcement in the world are growing in numbers con- Canadian House of Commons to-tinuously and they have more and day. Mr. J. G. Gardiner, Minister of better weapons. Agriculture, said he saw prospects of selting about 10,000,000 bushels ol whent to Britain annually for next five years,

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Italian Posts Ravaged LONDON, Nov. 14 (Reuter).---In the Western Desert, Sidi Barrani, Berna, Bardia and further west, Ben and con- Ghazi, were all raided siderable damage was done,

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GERMAN CLAIM rant latest reports received by Air Anitalia were bombed,

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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.

ENGLISH CLUB MEETING

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