Another Blow Struck At Italian Fleet

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXX, Issue 13669, 17 June 1942, Page 3

Another Blow Struck At Italian Fleet

j 4IR AND sea battle in mediterranean Heavy Cruiser and Two Destroyers Sunk; Two Battleships Hit v JOSSES ALSO INFLICTED ON ENEMY’S F J AIRFORCES London, June I(j. i iivivift have made a big 1 attack on the Italian fleet in yiied an ci au •■!- ( i 1 ' lt ’ n j. , | l | I announcement from Cairo states that Liberator 1 'ofVlie Liiited Stales Army Air Corps have attacked Italian A'.,.- j n |] IC Mediterranean and inflicted much damage on i! IOIC The attack took place on Monday. "Tmvv cruiser of the Trento class was sunk and hits were ", Ui t\v° battleships, a cruiser and a destroyer. On the same C*’ 11 ., second Italian naval force was attacked by the Fleet u-aher news concerning this big naval and air battle in the ' jrineau is contained in an Admiralty communique just I k states that the Royal Navy, the Merchant Navy, the Royal i- ‘-e a*ncl the United States Army Air Corps have combined to f ind deliver supplies to Malta and Tobruk, rp. communique states that a 10,000-ton Italian cruiser was po two Italian destroyers. Heavy losses were also inflicted the enemy’s air forces. \ concentrated and heavy attack was made by the enemy’s ■nd naval forces on our convoy, and our operations, states the -munique, were not completed without loss.