BEING DRIVEN OUT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 29 October 1941, Page 5

BEING DRIVEN OUT

GERMANS AT NAPLES STORY BEHIND R.AIVS BLITZ W VTERI RONT STILI Bl ItNING London. 0,1. Thousands of Germans with tanks, £uns and •• numtnition have been arriving at Naples throughout October for si. pment to Tri poli. Now they are being driven «»ut of Naples, says the “Daily I \press's” ( uiro correspondent telling (he story behind the R.A.E.'s I’ou might blitz against Naples. The It A F. waited til! a heavy rmi ' i i ntiatiun was gathered. The Goi 1 1 mans began last wek to embark in ■ Italian freighters and liners. Then m ' c oudy. moonle.-:-: nighis ihe R.A.F ■' swooped with Britain's heaviest bomb. ms, carrying bombs which leave a man at a distance of 500 yards dazed I,a " 1:4 hours. The waterfront at Naples e.di inning and the harbour \ temporarily untenable lor big ships Moonlight has now returned, helping the ! H.A.F, and Ihe Indian-- have m, s iic hi lighter j ; The R.A.F. ;,Ln paid aiienluMi to . « bombed while awaiting embarkation. bombed and torpedoed on 1 ' ,l, te to Tripoli, bombed at Tripoli and bombed when they arrive in the We tern Desert. Hie bombing is nut continuous, but -lively, heavy and incrcnsiiiK. The , ' I A age from Naples to Solium rnu-t be 1 the most dangerous in the world. NANAI BOMBARDMENT ihe Alexandria correspondent ol the Associated Press says British warship* 1 have again bombarded Am forces in 1 L,, A'a. blasting military objectives ‘ with more than a thou-am! shells. ' i A navnl '" u Ice reveal* that light ’•bits successfully attacked barracks, ii'.otur transport and supply base? t | Bardia on the night of 21st Oe•i Ollier Wiir vessels : helled gun em--1 placements east of Tobruk. The Ital- ' urn batteries opened fire as the British warship: moved off. but failed i<> score 1 kits.