STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1746, sig. 109-4/1501 Page 125 · 125 of 283
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1746, sig. 109-4/1501
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124 - 2 - Brit. and Greek. Fighters have successfully driven enemy fighter planes, who tried to break through the Greek, front through their attacks. Gestem was found to turn off Italian fall fighter planes immediately when they are attacked. A British communiqué reports further air attacks on the Albanian ports of Durazzo and Valona and on the Italian. Port of Bari. From Bari the troops for the Greek campaign are embarked. Jn Baro was hit the main pier and there lying Schifle on fire. A rapporteur, who took part in a British fighter aircraft an attack on an Albanian airfield, announced that a hit was achieved in an airplane shed. From very reliable sources, it is reported that, apart from the re-vision carried out in the Italian High Command in Albania, another 5o high Italian officers were released from the army. Advanced British exploration departments met a strong Italian combat department in the Ugyptian desert on l9.ll. 5 medium Italian tanks and 2 trucks were destroyed. 6 more tanks were severely damaged. 2 trucks, some flak guns and equipment were captured. lo Jtaliener and a Libyan were captured, the Italian losses to the dead, he was found free of charge, lo8 man. The official communiqué from Cairo states that the own losses were extremely small. Jm Gallabad area has a brit. Patrbuille caused serious losses to a superior Italian patrol. Communiqué des brit, Ministry of Aviation: Last night the British Air Force carried out extensive attacks on the Rhine port Duisburg-Ruhrort. Shelters and storage facilities were damaged, numerous fires and explosions broke out. Among the other destinations were: Lorient, Cherbourg, Dunkirchen, Ostend. Several enemy airfields were bombed. At one of the airfield, a launching aircraft was set on fire, A British plane did not return. Last night, enemy attacks on England took place with sub-breechings and to a small extent, but extended over a wide area. Losses and material damage were small. Also yesterday during the lay and during today's day, the enemy aviation activity was small. Today, an enemy fighter plane was destroyed. A heavy Heinkel fighter aircraft, welc: it wanted to attack a city in the south-east of England, was veriélgt by British hunters and rammed by a machine. Both crashed. The British pilot and the four-man German crew came to life. The Germans describe the method of the ram, which is often used by British pilots, because they are extremely pleasant to them, as common. A British hunting machine was destroyed during today's battles over England. An American expert explains that the attack on Doventry, seen purely militarily, has no meaning. An American newspaper writes z the attack on Coventry that industrial production has suffered no harm at all, because the big enterprises are outside the city district. The Jndustria are also designed in such a way that even if production is slowed down or stopped in one part, the production of Gesant grows no harm, since the armaments industry is decentralized.