CONVOY BATTLE IN MEDITERRANEAN
(Rec. 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 13. It is authoritatively stated that enemy claims regarding the Mediterranean convoy battle are exaggerated. The action is believed to be still progressing. The Stockholm newspaper Dagligt Allehanda’s Berlin coiTespondent reports that the Allied convoy has apparently passed Sicily. At least part of the convoy has successfully negotiated the most difficult stretch.
A special Italian communique largely repeats the German claims and says that the Italian Navy sank one cruiser and three ships. It admits the loss of 13 planes.
rived at the Russian front. They were tendered a banquet by Field-Marshal von Manstein. (London.)
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Southland Times, Issue 24823, 15 August 1942, Page 5
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104CONVOY BATTLE IN MEDITERRANEAN Southland Times, Issue 24823, 15 August 1942, Page 5
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