FLEET “EXERCISES”
ITALIAN SUBMARINES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. (United Press Assn.—telegraph Copyright.) London, March 4. The facts have now been revealed regarding the statement by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes. The British authorities learned that Italian underwater craft were “exercising” in considerable strength around Malta, upon which the British Navy also decided to “exercise” by laying down a practice barrage of comparatively harmless explosives outside Valetta. An Italian submarine hastily came to the surface, its commander protesting; it was politely pointed out that he was in waters in which the British Navy was accustomed to exercise. He then surprisingly exclaimed: “But I am off Tripoli!”
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Southland Times, Issue 22833, 6 March 1936, Page 7
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106FLEET “EXERCISES” Southland Times, Issue 22833, 6 March 1936, Page 7
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