BRITISH SUBMARINES

Evening Star, Issue 24277, 19 August 1942, Page 5

BRITISH SUBMARINES

EXECUTION AMONG ENEMY SUPPLY SHIPS ITALIAN CRUISER BADLY DAMAGED (British Official Wireless.) (Rec; 10 a.in.) RUGBY. August 18. The Admiralty states that air reconnaissance has shown that one of the two Italian cruisers hit by torpedoes by a submarine during the Malta convoy operations last week has 00 feet of v hcr bow missing. Submarines continue to do considerable execution among the enemy’s seaborne supplies both in the Mediterranean and off the coast of-Norway. One large and one medium-sized cargo ship hit with torpedoes off the Norwegian coast are believed to have sunk. In the Mediterranean one large supply ship was sunk and another probably hit. Another submarine attacked and almost certainly sunk a supply ship escorted by three destroyers. A large southbound supply ship was also torpedoed and left sinking.

TARGETS IN GERMANY OSNABRUGK AGAIN BOMBED (British Official Wireless.) (Reo. 9.40 a.m.) RUGBY, August 18. The Air Ministry states: Last night our bombers attacked objectives in North-west Germany. Railways and the industrial centre of Osnaibrudk were the main targets. One enemy aircraft was shot down by our bombers. Aircraft of the Bomber and Fighter Commands attacked airfields in enemyoccupied territory, where, as already announced, one enemy bomber, was destroyed. Five of our bombers axe missing.

FIFTY THOUSAND INCENDIARIES TOWN THOROUGHLY PLASTERED (British Official Wireless.) (ißec. 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, August 18. The attack on Osnahruck last night was over within an hour and a-half, during which time over 50,000 incendiaries and many of the heaviest bombs were dropped In and around the town. Many fires were started. The anti-air-craft fire was very fierce and enemy fighters were very active .around the town and along the route. One Wellington was attacked from behind over the sea on the way home, but the rear gunner shot down the attacker. Another fighter attacked from the front and set one wing of a Wellington on fire, but a rush of wind blew it out and the machine landed safely.

BRAZILIAN SHIPS FIVE SUNK BY SUBMARINES RIO DE JANEIRO, August 17 The Government announced the sinking of three ships—the Baependy (4,801 tons), the Araraquara (4,872 tons), and the Annibal Benevolo (1,905 tons)- —on the Brazilian coast. The Baependy is reported to have been a troopship. A later message says that the Government announced that submarines had sunk two more Brazilian vessels, in addition to the three previously announced. All were torpedoed off the Brazilian coast. • The Press Propaganda Department, in a statement, said: “Our country does not flinch before such brutality, and the Government is examining methods that can be taken. In the face of these events the population should remain calm and confident. Crimes practised against the lives and goods of Brazilians will not go unpunished.” The Navy Department in Washington announced that a United States merchantman and a Panamanian merchantman were torpedoed and sunk. The crews were rescued.

PUBLIC ANGER ROUSED (Rec. 12.50 p.m.) RIO DE JANEIRO, August 18. The Brazilian Ambassador in Montevideo, Mr Luzardo, said that after torpedoes struck a shell from the Baependy sank the submarine. Strongly-worded Brazilian editorials have fanned anti-Axis sentiment after the sinking of five Brazilian ships. Large crowds demonstrated outside German stores demanding vengeance for the sinkings. Public anger has been intensified by the assertions that the ships were sunk in a shark-infested area. The Montevideo newspaper • El Tiempo,’ which is considered the Presidential mouthpiece, commenting on the sinkings, declared: “The whole of America is at war. Since yesterday your Brazilian brothers are with you.”