A BRIEF SURVEY
RUGBY, February 18.
The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Alexander, in a broadcast, said that since September, 1939, the Royal Navy had been engaged in a sea war of a magnitude which was difficult to grasp. "A great deal of play has been made with a Japanese torpedo attack from the air against, our ships," he said, "but many people forget that the Navy set the standard first at Taranto and Matapan and against the Bismarck.
"Italian : battleships have been sunk or damaged, many of Italy's cruisers have been destroyed, large numbers of destroyers have been wiped out, and Italian submarines have been sunk in dozens. In the last three months we have taken a particularly heavy toll of U-boats, German and Italian, in the Mediterranean.
"Moreover, since the Germans became so anxious to prop up Mussolini's failing forces and retain a hold on North Africa, they have found a continuous interruption in their. communications, and dozens of transports and supply ships have been sunk and many more heavily damaged. In the three
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 43, 20 February 1942, Page 5
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177A BRIEF SURVEY Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 43, 20 February 1942, Page 5
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