USE OF THE FLEET
NOT «YET REVEALED
Rec. 11.30 a.m.
RUGBY, Sept. 13
"We have trusted their word implicitly," states a correspondent at Malta, when referring to the position of the Italian fleet. "There is no' physical reason to prevent the whole fleet bombarding Malta at this moment." What will happen to the fleet has not yet been revealed, but there does not appear to be any intention of asking any of the officers and crew to leave their ships, and should the fleet, or part of it, be transferred it will presumably sail as an Italian fleet, flying the red. white, and green flag of Italy and under the command of an Italian admiral, acting under the directions of Admiral Cunningham.
As far as could be seen, the* correspondent added, the fleet would act like any Allied fleet in the Mediterranean. There are four Italian admirals with the fleet, the senior being Admiral de Zara, who is in the battleship Caio Duilio. ,
Some of the Italian ships took wounded from the Roma to North Africa before entering Valetta. The powerful British fleet which escorted the Italian fleet to Malta remained in the harbour during the
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 65, 14 September 1943, Page 5
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