BRITISH NAVY’S SUCCESS
IN RUNNING FIGHT WITH ITALIANS NATION-WIDE JUBILIATION j [British Official Wireless) | (Received 30th November. 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, 29th November, i One accurate detail of the Italian ; j communique in reference to Wednes-! I day’s Mediterranean encounter is noted jby th e newspapers here, which reflect the nation-wide jubiliation at the Navy’s success in this running fight. I The Italians admit that two of their! aircraft are missing, which corresponds to the number which the Admiralty! reports were shot down. *'The Times” remarks that the accur- , acy of the remainder of the Italian version may be gauged from the claim which multiplies by five the single British aircraft lost by Vice-Admiral | Sir James Somerville's forces.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 30 November 1940, Page 8
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