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SUCCESSFUL AIR ATTACKS OIL TANKER TORPEDOED (United Press Assn.—Eier. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 27, 3.15 p.m.) ROME, August 26 A communique states: Successive waves of Italian bombers again attacked the naval base at Alexandria. All our planes returned. A British bomber sank after coming down on the sea. Three members of the crew were taken prisoners. An Italian submarine torpedoed and seriously damaged a big British I oil tanker in the Atlantic. In British raids on Mogadishu four people were wounded. The enemy also raided Galabat. Eight colonial soldiers were killed and 40 wounded. One child at Askari was killed and 15 wounded elsewhere. The damage from the raids is ini significant.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21202, 27 August 1940, Page 6
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