BOMBING ATTACKS
ON ITALIAN WARSHIPS REPORTED BY GERMANS. BATTLESHIP AND CRUISER ALLEGEDLY SUNK. (Received This Day, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, September 10. The Berlin .radio stated that German bombers and dive-bombers yesterday prevented Italian warships leaving Patras, in Greece, and forced them to return to harbour. One Italian torpedo boat escaped under cover of darkness. The commander of the Italian formation intended placing himself at the disposal of the British Mediterranean Fleet. The German news agency says German bombers, between Sardinia and Corsica, yesterday sank one Italian battleship and one cruiser and severely damaged one battleship, one cruiser and one destroyer. They belonged to an Italian naval formation which fled from Spezia, after which, on BritishAmerican orders, they attacked German shipping. German bombers immediately took off to protect German transport movements. The battle against the remainder of the Italian naval vessels, the German news agency adds, is progressing.
The Stefani Agency states that bombs from unknown planes damaged several houses and caused casualties in Rome last night. Some bombs did not e>plode and will be examined to determine the nationality of the attackers. The Stefani Agency says Marshal
Enrico Caviglia has issued a proclamation. The city of Rome is entirely calm and life is continuing in normal rhythm. Negotiations with the commander of the German troops stationed in this zone are progressing, aiming at their transfer northwards.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 September 1943, Page 3
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