BENGHAZI SHELLED
SUCCESSFUL NAVAL ATTACK ENEMY BATTERIES & BOMBERS INEFFECTIVE. NO CASUALTIES OR DAMAGE TO BRITISH SHIPS. (British Official Wireless.) ' (Received This Day, 1.35 p.m.) RUGBY, May 12. An Admiralty communique states: “During Saturday night, May 10, powerful units of our light forces carried out an intense bombardment of Benghazi from pointblank range. Damage was caused to shipping and military objectives. The fire from the enemy shore batteries was ineffective, as were also repeated attacks by enemy dive-bombers. No casualties or damage were sustained by any of his Majesty’s ships.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 May 1941, Page 6
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89BENGHAZI SHELLED Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 May 1941, Page 6
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