ITALIAN ACCOUNT OF NAVAL BATTLE.
CLASH OFF SICILY.
Three Fascist Ships Lost, One British. 3*jtw Awxnelii I3tm —■Onfj-rtfrhV (Herd. 1.30 p.m.) LONDON*. On.. ]«. The Rome radio, supplnnra 1 i n? the official drtai!# of tip MfditrrrKflfuni battle, which wm cabled yesterday, said: "A flolilla of three Italian torpedo brat* in Sicily Channel, di*carered at British naval squadron. "The flolilla leader ordered full ea m ahead and attacked ••' HritiWh cruiser wh 11 three lorpedoe* a 1 a disTamw <il alioul h qu«il<'T of a mile.. Ital milt al*i> lived wvw»] punslicvi*. "Ow InrjK'do boat* had to suffer under heavy from tin* mriow. The flotilla leader w«« heavily struck and ►aak "willi Ihe commander on dock rrjKrtlio;. by wfovle**, to tbc baae that it was sinking. "A soecmd ttrrjK>do "boat also tsunk «flr: being struck by hcvcjkl guß»hc>t.«. Fine broke out aboard one of our destroyer*, which awe to thr aid of the torpedo boat*. "The destroyer was taken in to* and proved unable to jn ooced. C'on *e q ucnl4v jt was blown up by it* own cy-ev, who took lo the linst> and *aw the British ■cruiwer Kink."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 245, 15 October 1940, Page 7
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