To "Taranto" Fleet Terrific Anti-Aircraft Barrage of 30 Warships Beats Off Squadrons of Attacking Planes Abo; ard H.M.S. Barham, May 14.
H" more than 30 warships, with guns ablaze, beat off an attempt by enemy aircraft to Taranto" the British Battle Fleet while Steaming in the central Mediterranean can now be told. No damage was sustained by any British ship in this engagement, which was briefly reported in Saturday. an Admiralty communique on The encounter produced the heaviest and most spectacular might barrage I have yet seen, with firing continuing almost ceaselessly for 45 minutes against the enam. torpedo bombers.
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