NAVAL WARFARE
RESULTS IN ADRIATIC DENIAL OF ITALIAN CLAIMS I BOMBARDMENT OF CIVILIANS LN CORFU. I 'By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) ■ (Received This Day, 10.20 a.m.) i ATHENS. February 9. The Admiralty stated that three Ita-j i lian. submarines were sunk in the first, ! three months of the war. also trans-i ! ports totalling 35.000 tons, including anj I auxiliary Italian warship armed with: ! two guns, { The Admiralty denies the Italian! i claims of Greek losses and says all the; I Greek destroyers are in excellent con-| ; dition. also that not the slightest dam-j ; age has been inflicted on the merchant! I navy in the Aegean Sea and the Medi-I ( terranean. The Admiralty admits Italian bom-i | bardmen's of Corfu, but says that not I j the smallest military objective was hit.! for the reason that none exi<jw. The! I only result has been the massacre of! 1 women and children. I The Admiralty admits that there 1 have been bombardments of the Alba-j ! nian coasts but these have been with-' lout result. Italian warships on one oc-l ! casion hit Italian positions. and “thus! eur troops were able to capture them! i easily.” . ,
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 February 1941, Page 6
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