MEDITERRANEAN ACTION
ITALIAN ADMISSION. [by CABLE. —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Received November 29, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, November 27. A Rome communique issued admits that the Lanciere was seriously hit, and towed to its base after the engagement south of Sardinia. A shell that hit the Fiume did not explode.
BRITISH LOSSES ALLEGED. RUGBY, November 28. The Italian version of yesterday’s Mediterranean engagement makes generous claims regarding losses inflicted on the British forces—two British cruisers are stated to have been hit and seriously damaged by shells. An aircraft-carrier, a battleship, and a cruiser are stated to have been bombed, and seven aircraft destroyed. The most-significant feature of the Italian communique, however, is the admission of the losses suffered. The Lanciere is one of the latest Italian destroyers, of 1,620 tons, completed in 1938. The Fiume is a 10,000 tons cruiser.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 29 November 1940, Page 7
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