NAVAL ATTACK
• ADRIATIC ISLAND : JaTORIEsTSILENCED -u-fftLP from"aircraft . LONDON. Dec. 6. ...GThe jsjand of Lussin, south-east of :in the northern Adriatic, was attaches! heavily by ships of the Royal "NaVy .and the Balkan Air Force on Decfciriber 3. The object was to silence the enemy shore batteries aha .destroy shipping. The batteries were sileftced and an ammunition dump and battery blown up. :.Wbite the main attack was in pro? grass, itse British destroyers Lamberton ■ and.,Wilton opened a heavy bombardr rnent on the eastern side of the island and the,. destroyers Brocklesby and •Quantock on the western side. Motor-torpedo boats which entered theiKarbour destroyed three explosiver carrying motor craft and probably put d fourth out of action.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21582, 8 December 1944, Page 6
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115NAVAL ATTACK Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21582, 8 December 1944, Page 6
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