London. Mar. 1.
British forces which on Tuesday captured and occupied the Italian island of Casteloritza else, known as Castelrosso, evacuated the island after "having accomplished their objective," it was announced officially here yesterday.
Casteloritza is the easternmost of the Dodecanese Islands, 80 miles south of Rhodes and 165 miles north of Cyprus.
Navy and Army authorities refused te comment on the evacuation saying that operations in the area might still be going on.
However, it is known that Casteloritza was an Italian seaplane base and that it might be assumed evacuation meant it had been destroyed.—United Press.
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