ACTION IN STRAIT
'PLANES V. WARSHIPS
TORPEDO-BOAT SEEKS
REFUGE
(Received August 6,2.50 p.m.)
GIBRALTAR, August 5.
Following an all-night bombardment of Cetua by the battleship Jaime,, the cruiser Libertad, and the flotilla leaders Churruca and Lepanto, the Lepanto temporarily took refuge off the north mole, with a seaman killed and a number of wounded. Five aeroplanes had swept from Ceuta at dawn and began bombarding the fleet, but anti-aircraft guns on all the vessels except the Lepanto kept the attackers at a safe distance. The Lepanto's only anti-aircraft gun had been disabled, and therefore she was compelled to retreat, with the aeroplanes buzzing in pursuit and bombing wildly. One bomb struck the stern, and damaged a gun, killed the master gunner, and wounded five men.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 10
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125ACTION IN STRAIT Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 10
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