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5 - M9. Ships and docks in Ostend, Le Havre and Lorian were flown. Port facilities and seeiffs were attacked along the coast from Stavanger to Lorian, and 26 airfields in the occupied area. In Stavangers a violent explosion was observed and an ammunition depot is believed to have been hit. 2 Me lo, who opposed the attackers, were shot down. Lo brit. Machines did not return from these attacks. In Innsbruck today German-Ital. Gemral Staff meetings were held. Officially it was announced that questions of joint warfare were discussed. The British Air Force is always taking new blows against the Italian forces in Albania. Heavy attacks were carried out against Italian troops and motor vehicles near Koritza. A bridge was destroyed on buildings and a secured zig of mootrified vehicles. 6 km south of Lake Ochrida. 2 British machines did not return. The commander-in-chief of the brit. Armed forces in the Middle East, Sir Archibald Wawel, has returned from an inspection trip to Crete to Cairo. He expressed great satisfaction at the progress already made on the island to make Crete a new bulwark of the eastern Mediterranean for the duration of the war. Air Force communiqué on attacks by the British Air Force on ital. Targets in Africa: Various objects in Libya /Tobruk, Bomba, Bardia/ in ital. East Africa and Abesżinia were successfully attacked. All British machines returned unharmed. Comparison of the British and Italian losses since the beginning of hostilities between Italy and England: Fleet: England: 1 light cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine. Italy: 3 battleships seriously damaged, 1 cruiser sunk and 2 cruisers severely damaged, l0 destroyer, , 24 submarines, 1 provisions ship for submarines and a Tross ship sunk, 2 auxiliary cruisers seriously damaged. Air Force: England 45 aircraft, 4 of them seaplanes over Italy, 41 aircraft over the Mediterranean and East Africa. Italy 436 machines either shot down or damaged. Of which 13 over England, 233 over the Mediterranean and East Africa, ll8 were destroyed on the ground. 72 machines were damaged. In these 436 machines are not included those that were shot down by planes and defenses of the iixxtx British fleet. The British Admiralty has announced today the loss of 5 fishing boats. The Admiralty announces: the ital. The British Minister of the Interior visited the city of Coventry a few hours after the heavy air raid. The cathedral of the city is completely destroyed, as well as two churches and two hospitals. The Minister expressed his appreciation to the relief service and the people of the city for their courage and spirit of struggle. The authorities have already taken all necessary assistance measures. Mobile kitchens were set up to provide food for the homeless. Out of the villages of the area, whole cartloads of love offerings arrived. - 6 -