A PLUCKY EXPLOIT
BY TWO ITALIAN TORPEDO BOATS (Rec. .Tutu* 13, 0.20 n.tn.) London, .lime 12. An Italimi official report. states: "Two Italian torpedo bouts, at dawn on Monday, near tlio Dalmatian Isles, attacked an Austrian naval-division consisting of. two battleships of tlio Viribus Unitis type, protcctcd by ten iflestroyers. Our torpedo boate boldly pissed the tine of destroyers and hit th:e leading battleship with one of the to.rpedoos. They were chased by destroyers; but returned safely to tlioir base aft;er tally • damaging one of the enemy destroyers. —Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn.-Houtcr.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 227, 13 June 1918, Page 5
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