SHELLED AGAIN

Evening Star, Issue 23692, 27 September 1940, Page 7

SHELLED AGAIN

ITALIANS AT SIDI BARRANI SUCCESSFUL NAVAL ATTACK (British Official Wireless.' Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, September 26. (Received September 27, at 9.35 a.m.) A British naval communique issued in Cairo to-day states; “Our naval forces again successfully attacked the Sidi Barrani area in the early hours ot yesterday. A large fire, accompanied by a series of explosions, was observed. The fire was still burning two hours later.” ITALIAN CLAIMS 'ROME, September 26. ((Received September 27, at 11.40 a.m.) A communique announces that a British submarine sank an Italian torpedo boat destroyer in the lonian Sea. The majority of the crew were saved. The British renewed the air bombardment of Tobruk. Some private buildings and a field hospital were damaged. Five people are dead and 10 wounded. British naval units shelled Sidi Barrani. Italian planes attacked a convoy in the Red Eea. We bombed the defences of Otrub in the Sudan. RANEE OF SARAWAK BLOOD DONOR (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 25. Lady Brooke, the wife of Sir Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, has given a

pint of blood to the “ blood bank ” to be used for British wounded. BRITISH SUBMARINES CONTINUE TO TAKE TOLL OF ENEMY SHIPPING (British Official Wirelc/s.) RUGBY, September 26. (Received September 27, at 9.35 a.m.) “ British submarines,” states an Admiralty communique, “ continue to seiych out and take toll of enemy shipping. Full information of their successes cannot be given without endan-' gering their security, but it can now be stated that the British submarine H 49 lately attacked a convoy of eight supply vessels with torpedoes, two of which found their mark. The submarine Tuna reports the destruction of a large supply vessel screened by two enemy destroyers.” AXIS DISCUSSIONS RESUMPTION IN BERLIN (RUGBY, September 26. (Received September 27, at 1.15 p.m.) It is reported that Ciano will arrive at the Berlin aerodrome to-morrow morning, where he will be received by von (Ribbentrop. The conversations commenced in Rome will be continued.