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OCCUPATION OF TOWN MALTA AIRFIELD BOMBED BRITISH SHIPS ATTACKED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received July 6, 9 a.m.) ROME, July 5 It is officially stated that Italian forces have occupied Kassala, in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Kassala is described as an important railway junction. Italian planes, despite adverse weather and anti-aircraft fire, machine-gunned the airfield at Malta and destroyed eight enemy planes. Italian planes effectively bombed British ships at Alexandria, and hit several.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21158, 6 July 1940, Page 7
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