ITALIAN ACTIVITY
CRUISER GLAIMED SUNK Rome, Sept. 23. An Italian communique states: "It is ascertained that the British cruiser reported on September 19 to have been torpedoed subsequently sank. Photographs of the Italian bombardment of Haifa on Saturday show important results and that extensive fires broke out. We again bombed the air base at Mikabba, Malta, causing a great fire. "The enemy renewed the bombardment of Benghazi, damaging private houses. We again bombed Mersa Matruh with positive results. We also made a night raid on Aden harbour works. It is learned that we hit three ships in a British convoy 'on Saturday; The \ British bombed Gura, Kassala and Asmara. Two natives were killed and two wounded. British submarines sank an empty Italian merchantman in the South Fyreean Sea.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 September 1940, Page 8
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