Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-11-12 | Page 3 | Waves of R A F Blast Naples

WAVES AVES OF R RAF A F j If t. t BLAST NAPLES i ife fe ROME Nov 12 UP British UP-British British w ti raiders struck in several severa waves overnight at Naples damaging civilian buildings starting fires and Md killing six persons with exp explosive explosive ex ex- p plosive and Incendiary bombs the II 4 lt Italian high command announced Wednesday Eight British bombers were declared de de- de- de 1 red to have been shot down in raids The British admiralty's announcement ann announcement an an- n of a fresh attack on onan onan an an Italian convoy in the Mediterranean Mediterranean 1 with heavy losses was denied de de- de- de sled nied by a sc f-sc fascist t authority as a apure a apure ij pure invention He declared that no Italian convoy con- con 1 voy toy had left eft port since the British 4 naval attack early Sunday in which the Italians have admitted the loss of seven merchant ships r and two destroyers i ik k The British said 10 axis supply I ships and three destroyers were I a R mink in the surface en engagement a ement 1 J S Sunday The London an announce announce- ounce ounce- I I n ent Tuesday did not refer to anew a anew anew new convoy simply saying four axis troop ships or supply ships and two sailing vessels had been r sunk and two armed merchant cruisers and two supply ships had been damaged by British submarines submarines rines in a series of recent engagements engagements engage engage- ments 1 In the early hours this mornIng morn- morn Ing Jag big the Italian said three British planes were shot down over Sicily one by our our antiaircraft antiaircraft anti anti- aircraft defenses and two by our fighter craft The crew of another an- an other enemy pl plane ne which fell into th the sea was captured Four other British planes were 1 declared to have been downed in inI inthe I the same same zone and another in a ab b raid upon the Libyan port of BenI Beng Ben Ben- I g gas gasi si i