Telegrams from Malta state that letters received from Benghazi describe the bombardment as bayimg caused great havoc aad panic. The British Consulate was badly: damaged and the Consul, Mr. Francis Jones, was wounded. It is estimated that the casualties among the inhabitants amounted to 4,000, The Maltese church partly collapsed, eight persons were killed, ten wounded and of several British Jews who took refuge in the Consulate during the bombardment were killed and others wounded—Reuter.
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