Italians Bomb Allied Bases in Africa Rome, June 20.
An Italian communique claims that numerous air and naval bases in the Mediterranean were bombed and machine-gunned by aircraft. "Operations continued on the Cyrenaica front, in North Africa, with the assistance of the Air Force, which destroyed several enemy tanks and brought down one British plane. Two fighters foiled to return. We bombed Aden, Zeila, Port Sudan and other bases in East Africa, destroying enemy aircraft on the ground. One of our planes is missing.—"The enemy renewed attacks over Liguria and Sardinia; there were no casualties and damage was slight."—Reuter.
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