ADMIRALTY REPORT
AIR ATTACKS ON LEROS AND TRIPOLI. MAJOR FIRES STARTED. (British Official Wireless) .(Received This Dav, 9.6 a.m.) RUGBY, November 29. The British Navy continues to harass the enemy in the Mediterranean, which Senor Mussolini assured the world is an “Italian lake.” Following close upon Wednesday's spirited chase, the Admiralty this morning issued the following report from the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean fleet: “Under cover of the Mediterranean Fleet, attacks by the fleet air arm were carried out simultaneously at Port Laki, in Leros. in the Dodecanese Islands, and at Tripoli, in Libya. “At Port Laki, despite poor visibility, the dockyard area and other places were hit. Fires were started and a ship, probably a warship, was attacked. One of our aircraft failed to return. “At Tripoli a ship alongside a quay and the quay itself was heavily hit. Major fires were started, which were still visible nearly an hour later, 60 miles away. All our aircraft returned safely.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 November 1940, Page 5
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