DIRECT HITS MADE
BRITISH BOMBARDMENT .E SUCCESS IN LIBYA THE ITALIANS SURPRISED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 19, 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, August 18 During the bombardment of Libya spotting planes of the Fleet Air Arm reported that every 15-inch shell landed in the target area. One directly hit Fort Capuzzo and another hit the native troops’ compound at the small Italian fort of Ramla, which marked the ItalianEgyptian border, and which it is believed no longer exists. Great guns swung into fresh bearing after several minutes’ intensive fire and plastered the area, where large concentrations of troops are reported to be massing for the invasion of Egypt. Four salvoes directly hit the target and others damaged the barracks at Bardia.
The bombardment lasted thirty minutes and the fleet then steamed out to sea.
The expected attack from the Italian bombers came ninety minutes later. Our fighters, swooping down from the sun, surprised the Italians, who jettisoned their bombs after losing eleven planes. The fleet continued its voyage unmolested.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21195, 19 August 1940, Page 7
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