RAID AT ALEXANDRIA
ITALIANS DRIVEN OFF.
WARSHIPS UNHARMED.
(United Press Association —Copyright.) Received Sept. 10, 12.1 U p.m. ALEXANDRIA, Sept, 9.
Anti-aircraft fire drove off Italian bombers attempting to attack British warships to-day. A few bombs were dropped, one person being killed and another injured. No military objectives were bit.
A Cairo communique states that some damage and casualties were caused by an enemy air raid on Mersa Matruh (Egypt). Theie were little damage and no casualties when the enemy bombed Bura (Kenya). One of our Kenya patrols advanced to Coral (Abyssinia) where they engaged a. strong force of 1 irregulars, inflicting casualties.
A Rome communique states: Our planes started large fires in the oil refinery at Haifa and hit ships and dockyards at Alexandria, also the Alexandria-Mersa Matruh railway. Our planes attacked Bomba (in the Sudan) and the railway station and oil dumps at Port Sudan. All our planes returned. The enemy bombed Mogadishu, Massawa and Berbera, but there were no casualties and slight damage was done. An enemy plane was shot down over Moggio.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 242, 10 September 1940, Page 7
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176RAID AT ALEXANDRIA Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 242, 10 September 1940, Page 7
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