GALLANT MALTA
Raided Nearly 1000 Times
(Rec. 9.33 p.m.) RUGBY. Nov. 27. Warm tributes were paid here to the gallant manner in which Malta has withstood nearly 1000 air raids since the beginning of the war. according to figures revealed by the Commander-in-Chief. Malta.
The "Daily Telegraph” says: “Let us never forget how much the fighting power of the island has done for the British Commonwealth. When Mussolini came into the war Fascism bragged of taking Malta in a day and Gibraltar in two. The boast was not altogether fantastic. Plans for the defence of the island assumed the effective co-operation of the French air arm from Bizerta. Sicilian aerodromes are only 20 minutes flying time away and we have been told that there were only three Gladiators happily christened Faith, Hope and Charity, attached to the night squadrons of the Regina aerodrome. Twelve hours after declaring war. Mussolini sent his aircraft to Malta and he went on sending them in vain till Hitler occupied Sicily and launched the Luftwaffe into action more damaging but equally ineffective. After five months Nazism retreated and Fascism took over again and fared worse than ever. The constancy of the Maltese has made their island fortress invaluable to the forces of freedom"
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Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22133, 29 November 1941, Page 4
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208GALLANT MALTA Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22133, 29 November 1941, Page 4
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