ACTIVE PART
ROYAL NAVY AT WORK.
ATTACKS ON ITALIAN BASES.
GREAT DAMAGE RESULTS.
MANY KILLED AND INJURED
United Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.)
LONDON, October 30,
An Athens message says it is learned that British naval forces made an onslaught on Rhodes on an unspecified date. Three times they attacked the aerodrome at Maritza, destroyed the transport depot, hangars, offices and a dozen aircraft, and twice bombarded the aerodrome at Carpathos. The British also destroyed- a coastal aerodrome, ammunition dumps, petrol stores, wireless equipment and barracks. Petrol dumps at Lepida. aerodrome were damaged, the flames being visible from Samsos.
A large number of troops were - killed and injured. The German radio stated that before the Italians took action the British hadmade all arrangements to send an expedition from Egypt to Greece. British planes,' artillery and antiaircraft guns had been concentrated at Alexandria and the Suez Canal in readiness to embark.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 17, 31 October 1940, Page 5
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