ITALIAN BASES
FEEL BRITAIN’S AIR STRENGTH. DAMAGE DONE IN AFRICA. % LARGE WARSHIP ON FIRE. (United Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.40 a.m.) CAIRO, June 12. The Royal Air Force communique states: “British ’planes to-day raided the Italian naval base at Tobruk, and also again raided air bases in Libya and East Africa. Wave after wave swept over Tobruk harbour, scoring a direct hit on a large warship, which was burning fiercely as the crew tried to beach the vessel. Two submarines wore also hit. There were no British losses.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19400613.2.31.16
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 210, 13 June 1940, Page 5
Word Count
90ITALIAN BASES Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 210, 13 June 1940, Page 5
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in