ITALIAN CLAIM
AUSTRALIAN DESTROYER SUNK.
BRITISH SUBMARINE ALSO.
IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN.
(United Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.35 a.m.) ROME, July 24. A communique states: Italian submarines sunk an Australian destioyci and a British submarine in the Eastern Mediterranean. THE PRISONERS OF WAR. (Received This iDny, 9 a.m.) LONDON, July 24. An Italian broadcast states that tlreir prisoners of war includes a commander and first lieutenant. NO CONFIRMATION OF REPORT. AUSTRALIAN STATEMENT. (Received This Day, 12.50 p.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The Minister for the Navy (Mr Cameron) said that the Naval Board had not received confirmation of the Italian claim that an Australian destroyer had been sunk.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 246, 25 July 1940, Page 5
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