DAMAGING ATTACKS
BRITISH PLANES BOMB ITALIAN BASES ENEMY PLANE SHOT DOWN. ATTEMPT TO RAID MALTA REPELLED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) RUGBY, July 9. An Admiralty Cairo communique says:—“The important enemy base of Zula was attacked by our bombers, and direct hits were scored on a jetty and stores. Two fires were started, which were accompanied by much black smoke. One enemy aircraft was engaged and shot down into the sea. “At Massawa. direct hits were registered on camp buildings, causing considerable damage. "Two air raids on Malta, one on the evening of July 7. and the other on Tuesday afternoon, were entirely unsuccessful. as the result of interception by our fighters, and no bombs were dropped.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 July 1940, Page 5
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