SECOND GIBRALTAR.
STRONG ITALIAN FORTRESS
(Reoeifed 12.30 p.m.)
LONDON', June 10.
Mr. Hector Bywater, "Doily Telegraph" naval correspondent, says that despite rigid Italian censorship it is known that Dodecanese Island, Lero, wae occupied by Italy after the Libyan war and converted into the moet powerful naval and air fortress*, claimed to be stronger than Malta and second only to Gibraltar.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 136, 11 June 1938, Page 9
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