In the Mediterranean German bombers on June 13 raided military installations and a factory at Cyprus. Bombers scored a direct hit on a British cruiser off Beirut, the statement adds.
Minor enemy forces on Saturday night bombed some points in western Germany causing only slight damage, the announcement concludes.
An Italian communique states that Italian planes bombed the naval base of Alexandria on the night of June 13. In North Africa, Italian and German planes repeatedly bombed fortifications at Tobruk causing large fires, the statement adds. Two Hurricanes are said to have been brought down. British planes raided Ben-ghazi and other points in Cyrenaica.
Weather and bad roads are hindering movements of both sides in East Africa—Reuter,
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