The Italians were completely sur prised by aircraft of the fleet which Faided the Libyan base of Benghazi this week, it is learned.
Sticks of bombs fell across two groups of ships, including destroyers Which formed the main targets in the harbour.
Fire broke out among one group. When the second group was bombed again, a destroyer was hit and an explosion followed. At the end of the raid the town was lit by the glow of Mames which seemed to envelop the entire harbour, Nazi, British Air Losses Compared London, Sept. 21.
Heavy German losses over and around Britain a9 compared with British losses during September, are well strated by the fact that on Wednesday, 48 enemy aircraft were destroyed, representing a loss of more than 100' German airmen against: British pilots, The aggregate of the enemy's September losses up to September 16 e776, as against 217 British max nes, from which 116 RAF. pilots safe. The total were up a5 fole Three Correspondents Captured Three Italian war correspondents were captured by British troops during the most recent fighting in the Seslern desert n'a talk In Cairo today with British war correspondents they said 4 they had been in Libya for six weep They lost their bearings when tr ing to find Ttalian camps and strayed Site the British lines,
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