But a moment later they heard a great explosion, saw a gigantic column of smoke going up from the and once an aeroplane swooped right over it, but it was not spotted.
After about 10 minutes the trans. port burst into flames and became a lazing mass from stem to. stern—a "terrific sight" in the words of the officers.
After an hour and a halt she was selfing down in the water and quite obviously was frushed.
The submarine submerged to relay torpedoes and when it surfaced again the transport was gone. There were ly the two destroyers with search-lits spotting survivors being picked up, When the submarine came up she was right in a searchlight beam but the destroyers were three miles transport. The submarine made off away and did not see her.
The correspondents confirmed that the Italian troops were strictly rationed as regard water.
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