BRITISH NAVY
REPLY TO ITALIAN JIBES SEEKING OUT THE ENEMY DENIAL OF WITHDRAWAL (omctal Wireless) (Received August 20, 11 a.m.) ' RUGBY, August 19 The Italian wireless, boasting yesterday of the damage which it alleged the recent Italian raids on Alexandria had inflicted, added that it was reported that the British Fleet was “withdrawing from this base.” This has drawn comment from London observers that the British Mediterranean Fleet, unlike the Italian Navy, frequently leaves its base in order to cruise in the Mediterranean and take the offensive against the Italian forces. It would appear that the Italian wireless is endeavouring to divert attention from these operations and their true significance by depicting them as the flight of the British Navy from danger.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21196, 20 August 1940, Page 5
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122BRITISH NAVY Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21196, 20 August 1940, Page 5
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