MANY ENEMY SHIPS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 July 1943, Page 3

MANY ENEMY SHIPS

SUNK BY SUBMARINES IN NON-STOP OFFENSIVE. IMPRESSIVE ADMIRALTY REPORT. / LONDON, July 27. , The non-stop offensive by British submarines in the Mediterranean continues. This is what six submarines have reported, according to an Admiralty communique. Three supply ships sunk, one in the Gulf of Genoa and the others near the island of Elba. Two more supply ships torpedoed and almost certainly sunk near Crete. A tanker torpedoed and sunk while under strong escort. Nineteen other smaller vessels destroyed by gunfire in various parts of the Mediterranean and many shore targets shelled.

NAVY IN ACTION

AXIS POSITIONS SHELLED IN SUPPORT OF AMERICAN ADVANCE. ACCORDING TO BERLIN RADIO. LONDON, July 26. The Berlin radio stated! that British warships off the north coast of Sicily are shelling the Axis positions in support of the Americans’ advance to the east. The Algiers correspondent of the “Daily Mail,” cabling last night, said: “There is every indication tonight of a complete lull.in the battle of Catania. It may be a normal pause forced on both sides after the days of furious fighting, but it must not be ruled out that both the German and British commands are waiting to discover how the battlefield will be affected by Mussolini’s removal.”

DAY OF RECKONING

AWAITED EAGERLY BY POLES. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, July 26. The Polish Minister of Home Affairs, M. Banaczyk, speaking in London, said that in view of the fall of Mussolini the people of Poland were eagerly awaiting the moment when they would have a chance to take part in the final armed conflict against the Germans, who had not been able to find one quisling in Poland in four years. The Germans’ realisation of Polish feeling accounted for the mass murders that had been perpetrated.

VOTED OUT

BY FASCIST COUNCIL. MUSSOLINI’S FAREWELL APPEARANCE. LONDON, July 25. The Rome radio announced that the Fascist Grand Council met last Saturday, when Mussolini made a statement. Those present included Marshal de Bono, Count Grandi, Signore Scorza, Farinacca and Altieri, Count Ciano and Signor Bastianini. Amplifying the radio announcement, the Italian news agency says that the Council adopted a resolution which was presented by Grandi inviting Mussolini to ask the King to assume the effective command of all the armed forces and the supreme initiative in taking decisions. The discussions lasted without interruption for 10 hours, and Grandi’s resolution was carried by 19 votes to 7. Those in favour included Ciano, Bastianini and De Bono.