Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-11-25 | Page 5 | Italian Warships Move Seen

Italian Warship Move Seen LONDON Nov 25 W R Brit W-Brit- Brit British British ish naval sources said Monday the R it A F's bombing of the Italian fleet in the harbor of Taranto had forced the Italian navy to withdraw the major portion of its fleet from the badly damaged port to an Undisclosed undisclosed undisclosed un un- disclosed place of greater safety The Italian fleet movement the British said was disclosed b by photographs released for or publication Monday They were vere taken by British scouting pI planes nes making daylight flights as low lowas as fe feet t above the fortified port British naval sources said the total strength in the whole of Taranto harbor just at the in instep instep instep in- in I step of the Italian boot at the time of the first attack November November November Novem Novem- ber 11 was six I x battleships 10 cruisers 27 destroyers and a large number of submarines After the attack by British planes these sources said only three battleships eight cruisers and nine d destroyers were left