ITALIAN LOSSES
TWO MORE SUBMARINES.
FLEET IN ACTION. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 9.20 a.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 8; Naval sources at Alexandria report that two Italian submarines bave been sunk in tlie Central Mediterranean recently by the British Fleet,_ bringing the number of submarines lost by Italy since she entered the war to twenty-two. The submarines were forced to the surface by depth charges dropped by destroyers. One submarine was followed and constantly attacked for several hours, and was bombed by a British aeroplane when it appeared on the surface. Later it was sunk by gunfire. The other submarine was sunk by depth charges. Many survivors were picked up by the British destroyers. A Rome communique says an Italian merchantman was torpedoed in the Western Mediterranean and claims the Italians were successful in an encounter between patrols near Elkatulio in Kenya, adding that the enemy fled after heavy Josses.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 267, 9 October 1940, Page 7
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