ISLANDS BOMBED.
ITALIAN ATTACKS. 'Planes Active Over Swiss Alps. DAMAGE IN EAST AFRICA. United Tress Association.—Copyright. (Received 1.30 p.m.) ROME, June 17.
A war communique states: ''Italian 'planes have bombed Malta, Corsica and Tunisia. Enemy 'planes continue to bomb Italian cities in night, raids. One British machine was shot down. Reconnoitring action in the Alps has been greatly increased. "In Xorth Africa aerial, naval and land action against the British is i:i full development. In East Africa there has been increased air activity against air and naval bases in the Sudan and Kenya. "Enemy raids caused slight damage to military objectives, including slight damage to the Addis Ababa-Jibuti railway, at Diredawa."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 143, 18 June 1940, Page 6
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111ISLANDS BOMBED. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 143, 18 June 1940, Page 6
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