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Show NAVAL RAID ON . PORTDURAZZO Italian Light Cruisers Penetrate Pene-trate Harbor and Torpedo Steamer There French and Italians Attack Destroyers. Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 9. Via Paris, Aug. 10, 1:15 a. m. An Italian naval raid last week on the Albanian port of Durazzo, held by the Austrlans, Is announced In the following statement state-ment issued here today: "Italian light crulBers on the night ot August 1-2, avoiding the new permanent per-manent defenses prepared by the enemy, ene-my, again penetrated the port of Durazzo. Du-razzo. They torpedoed a steamer steam-er there. "On August 2 French and Italian destroyers attacked four enemy destroyers, de-stroyers, protected by the cruiser As-pern, As-pern, which had bombarded the Apul-lan Apul-lan coast, and pursued them under the guns of Cattaro, shelling them vigorously. Then French and Italian warships were undamaged, although opposed by the heavy gun power of the enemy's ships." Tho official Austrian account of the sea battle of August 2 said the Italian warships were hit and retreated re-treated and that the Austrian vessels were undamaged. on |