LIBYAN FRONT

Grey River Argus, 28 April 1942, Page 5

LIBYAN FRONT

AXIS SUPPLY SHIPS SUNK RUGBY, April 26. An Admiralty communique states: Further successful attacks have been carried out by His Majesty’s submarines against enemy seaborne supplies in the Mediterranean. Four more heavily-laden enemy supply ships have been sunk. One. submarine righted,an enemy convoy in the central Mediterranean. A supply ship from this convoy was torpedoed and sunk. Some days later the same submarine torpedoed and sank a medium sized supply ship, carrying a big deck cargo. A self-propelled and armed lighter was also' engaged by gunfire. The lighter was hit and damaged A large supply ship was torpedoed and sank in two minutes. Th? same. submarine sank by gunfire another supply ship, which was carrying deck cargo, and also engaged and damaged an enemy schooner. 8.0.W. RUGBY, April 26. ‘ A Middle East war communique states: A column, including tanks, guns, lorries, and infantry withdrew to the westward when engaged by one of our columns. There were some duststorms on .Saturday ovex’ Cyrenaica. Our fighter aircraft intercepted an enemy formation in the Tobruk region; and destroyed two ME 109’s and one Maachi 202. Other enemy aircraft were severely damaged. Elsewhere, our fighters carried out a 1 series of offensive operations in the Benghazi, Jedabayia and El Agheila areas. Enemy transport motor vehicles and encampments were attacked and casualties were inflicted on enemy personnel. Our bombers raided harbour installations at Benghazi on Friday night. A JU 88 was shot down in the Western Desert.