REPORT BY THE GERMANS.
CAPTURE OF ARTILLERY CLAIMED. DESTRUCTION OF NAVAL VESSELS. (Rec. 11.25 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 17. A special communique from Hitler’s headquarters claimed that 200 British officers, .1000 non-commissioned officers and men under the British commander of the island, General Tillney, also 350 Italian (Badoglio) officers and 5000 non-commissioned officers and men under an Italian, Admiral Masharpa, surrendered to the Germans. The communique said that the Germans captured 16 British heavy antiaircraft guns, 20 light anti-aircraft guns, about 120 other guns, and 80 anti-aircraft machine-guns. The German naval forces and air force destroyed, during the preliminary fight, nine destroyers and escort vessels, two submarines, one gunboat, four merchantmen and several small supply ships. They also hit one cruiser , one destroyer and two escorts.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 33, 18 November 1943, Page 3
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