SEA WARFARE

Hokitika Guardian, 15 July 1940, Page 5

SEA WARFARE

ITALIAN CLAIMS. (TTnited Press Association—By Electrlo Telegi aph—Copyright;. ROME, July 13. An Italian communique states: Italian aviation has continued to' bomb the enemy naval formations' which were bombed on Thursday. At least two enemy cruisers, and one battleship have repeatedly been hit by‘ heavy bombs.' One Italian destroyer was sunk, following an enemy bombardment, but the crew were saved. In an air battle over Malta, between Italian units and four British aeroplanes, two of the. British ’planes were shot down. ROME, July 14. An Italian communique states: Our, aviation attacked the British Eastern Mediterranean Fleet unceasingly all day long on Saturday. British cruisers and battleships were repeatedly hit with large and medium bombs. An Italian torpedo boat sank a British submarine. One Italian submarine has failed toreturn. GIBRALTAR EVACUEES RETURN. GIBRALTAR, July 14. Families who were earlier evacuated from Gibraltar to French Morocco, hare returned here, because “circumstances have arisen necessitating their immediate withdrawal from Morocco.”

MISSING CREW LAND

AFTER SEVEN DAYS IN BOAT. (Received this day at 10.20 a.m.). LONDON, July 14. Twenty-two missing members of the crew, including the captain, from the “Atheniaird,” have landed at a Scottish port from a British ship, which picked them up after, seven days in a lifeboat in which they were soaked with rain and exhausted through lack of sleep.