Show Italian Island Falls to to British I In Eastern Mediterranean LONDON Feb 26 INS INS Great Great Britain Wednesday night announced an an- noun ed military occupation of the Italian island of Castel at atthe atthe atthe the eastern end of the nean The he tiny Island lying east of the great island of Rhodes and di directly directly di- di south of Turkey contains a seaplane base it was announced The he admiralty and the war office issued a joint telling of the occupation Their terse said Our forces occupied the small Italian island of Castel with witha a seaplane base on Tuesday February February February Feb Feb- 25 British military circles said they did not consider occupation of the island as any great military achievement but merely as a defensive defensive defensive de measure Less taciturn observers how how- I ever looked upon the feat as one I more proof that despite all axis i arguments to the contrary Britain i has not yet lost its foothold in the Mediterranean I Castel also spell spelled d CasI Cas- Cas is the ancient island o of I I the furthest east of the as they were known in I ancient times It docs does not figure in this group of Italian-held Italian Is Islands Islands islands is- is lands as they appear on maps to to- I day I In the World war the Italians added Castel to their their their-Medi- Medi Mediterranean possessions after an occupation occupation oc oc- oc- oc II by French naval forces on December 27 1015 1915 Under the terms of the treaties of and Lausanne Turkey renounced all rights and title over the Island one of the original Ottoman possessions pos pos- sessions Its population is entirely Greek |