GENOA HEAVILY BOMBARDED
Brilliant Exploit By Navy
STRIKING EXAMPLE British Control Of Mediterranean (By Telegraph. —Presa Assn. —Copyright.) LONDON. February 9. The bombardment at dawn tiiis morning by light and heavy units of the British Navy of Genoa, in northern Italy, provides the most striking evidence of perhaps the whole war of the complete control the British Navy has of the Mediterranean. The action was announced in the following Admiralty communique: A very - heavy bombardment of Genoa was carried out this morning at dawn by our naval forces. No details are yet available, but preliminary reports indicate that the action was highly successful.
Genoa has a population of 600,000 and is one of the biggest manufacturing centres in Italy.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 116, 10 February 1941, Page 7
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119GENOA HEAVILY BOMBARDED Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 116, 10 February 1941, Page 7
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