Two incidents during the past week are deserving of some attention, the first and probably most important was the successful Mediterranean MIS comparatively small convoy of men and materials through the
naval loss, and the second was that Scharnhorst has succeeded in getting away from Brest. The voyage.of a large convoy through the Mediterranean despite Italian air attacks; but apparently with little Italian naval interference, clearly demon-strafes how completely the British Navy dominates Mare rostrum. More than that, it shows the confidence of the British Government in the ability of the Navy to protect valuable men and materials in a voyage under the very noses of the Italians who apparently were unable to do much about it, hard though they tried. H.M.S. Fearless, a destroyer, was lost, and a cruiser and another destroyer damaged, while one merchant, vessel was damaged though able to carry on.
"The Italians attacked for two days with aeroplanes, E-boats and submarines and it elbes not say much for their ability that ihey were unable to do more damage than they did. On the other hand the absence of the remnants of the Italian Navy from the scene must be attributed either to a reluctance to leave the comparative safety of port, or a fear that the British fleet in the Mediterranean might be able to cut them off, if they yielded to the temptation which the convoy must certainly have been.
y convoy travelling west to east in the or vice versa must of ye they attributed to the ofthe Italian seamen, whatever aeroplane at Brest it was believed that pi 3 of vessel. must ere mie agons effect of keeping her immobilized for time to come, It is more thab satisfactory to learn the R.A.F. were not for long deceived by ingenious trick of the Germans, The search for the real Scharnhorst was not Jong before it was successful. carry out for there are few if any facilities for that type of work at the port where the Scharnhorst was finally discovered. These two incidents may not of themselves be great but they are testimony to the efficiency of the Navy and the R.AF.
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