PATROLS IN AEGEAN
SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS ON SHIPPING RUGBY, Nov. 16. A special naval communique issued in Alexandria' states: “ During recent weeks Allied naval units have maintained constant patrols in the Aegean. A number of successful attacks have been carried out against enemy shipping and landing craft and supply vessels. Ports of enemy-occupied islands have been bombarded on several occasions, a medium-sized merchant ship and a number of small craft being destroyed. Bombardments have also been carried out in support of the garrison on Leros. All these operations have been conducted under frequent air attack and in spite of the enemy’s local air superiority.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25386, 18 November 1943, Page 5
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