RAIDS ON EGYPT
AXIS SEA AND AIR UNITS POSSIBLE STRATEGY (Reed. Dec. 27. 11 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 26. Discussing probable Nazi moves, the Cairo correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that daring raids on the Egyptian coast cannot be ruled out. British communications are so long that they may tempt the enemy to try spectacular sea and air raids. The correspondent adds that both the Italian and French fleets are numerically strong. The Italians still possess five battleships, two Sin. gun cruisers. Gin. gun cruisers, 30 destroyers and an undcfinable number of submarines, The French battleship Dunkerque, which was damaged by the British in 1940, is lying at Oran repaired, making the French fleet comparable in strength with any Mediterranean force.
The French navy’s backbone, says the correspondent, is not battleships but a great and fast cruiser fleet, in addition to which France has 30 destroyers, 43 torpedo-boats and 68 submarines.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20649, 27 December 1941, Page 5
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