Cairo, July 31. ESPITE adverse weather conditions, British bombers last night raided an Italian ammunition dump and other military objectives in Massawa and successful direct hits were registered on Italian headquarters and fuel dumps, the Royal Air Force announced today.
Reconnaissance flights over Demo and Tobruk revealed extensive damage caused by previous raids and observers saw eleven Italian planes in an unserviceable condition, the R.A.F. communique said.
Four natives were killed and fifteen wounded in an Italian raid on Aden last Monday but the damage was insignificant, the communique said.
"On the same day, seven Blenbeims atigeked the naval barracks at Assab and hangers et Macaaea but the extent of damage was unknown," the communique added—United Press.
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