BOMBARDED BY NAVY
R.A.F. PLANES STILL BUSY
VARIOUS TARGETS
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.)
(Received October 7, noon.)
CAIRO, October 6
A naval communique stated that a naval unit bombarded the naval and air base Stampalia, in the Dodecanese Islands, on the night of October 2 and 3. This exploit was carried out in the course of the Navy's latest sweep of the Mediterranean.
An R.A.F. communique states that anti-aircraft guns at Malta broke up an Italian formation of planes, whereupon fighters shot down one machine and severely damaged another.
British planes bombed Fort Saleaya, forty miles south of Galabat, and also hit buildings on the Agordat railway at Aisha.
The South African Air Force hit barracks at Mega. The British planes returned safely from all these operations.
Yesterday Mersah Matruh was raided by enesy- bombers escorted by fighters, causing, three casualties and little damage. Awti-aircraft fire hit one plane and is believed to have damaged two others. There is nothing to report on the other fronts.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 85, 7 October 1940, Page 8
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