The Archive · 1941

Details of Naples Raid

London, Oct. 2.

The RAF. headquarters in the Middle, Basi, has given further details about Tuesday night's five-hour ate tack on Naples.

The raid opened with, the dropping of incendiaries on 'a depot, These Started a number of fires which were Tater increased when other waves of Vombors dropped high-explosives ante the same area, gigantic fire with flames rising to. 14,000" fect "and. smoke to 12.000 fect" could be seen 60 miles away from the town. "Many buildings and railway station were set on fre.

The planes also dropped bombs on Sicily and caused fires at Catania and in other towns.

'AN aircraft returned safely, The Tealiang themselves were the frst to acknowledge the immense damage rinsed by these Faids—Reuter,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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