The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-29
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into Fascism's battered Albanian battle lines today as both the Axis and Great Britain claimed import ant victories in sea and air fight ing from the Mediterranean to the Irish Sea.
 While Nazi bombers hammered at Liverpool and the R. A. F. attack ed Germany's Ruhr Valley war in- dustries, there were naval engage ments in the English Channel and ill the Mediterranean, with air bombers participating.
 Nazi Claim Triumph
 Germany claimed triumph in a warShip skil1niSh in the channel but London asserted that it chased the Nazi shhips to France; while both Britai hand Italy claimed suc- cesses in the Mediterranean.
 The engagements in the Mediter- ranean were of special importance because they spurred British agita- ton for knockout" blow against Italy and may vitally affect the war in Albania, where Greeks claim ed continued successes and reported ly were threatening the Fascist main base at Elbasan.
 According to reports reaching the Jugoslav frontier, II more Italian transports landed fresh troops at DuraZzo and they were rushed into the front lines as the Fascists sought to block a Greek attempt to drive west from Pogradec and cut of Italian units falling back on Elbasan.
 Frontier reports said that the Italians were in danger of being caught between Greek forces south west of the Mokra mountains and the northern end of Lake Ochrida n addition, a new Greek advance on the central front was reported to have resulted in capture of the village of Herseka.
 On the southern wing, there was no further news of the fate of Argyrokastron. which border reports said the Greeks took yesterday but which Rome said was still held by the Italians.
 Conflicting Reports
 Here are the conflicting British Italian claims on the Mediterranean Sea battles:
 British:
 Italian dreadnaught strength had been cut to two warships by the Taranto raid and Wednesdays ac- tion. In the Wednesday encounter off Sardinia a 35,000-ton Littorio class battlesilip was torpedoed by a fleet airplane, three Italian cruis- CTS ard two destroyers were dam aged. Italian losses at Taranto are scored by the British as three bat tlesllips, two cruisers, two auxili- aries. This leaves two 23,622- ton Cavour class hattleships available for Italian use.
 One British cruiser. the 10000 ton Berwick, suffered two hits and lost six men in the Wednesday ac- ton. Bombs dropped all around the famous aircraft carrier Ark Royal often claimed to have been sunk by the Germans-but failed to cause damage or casualties. There was no British report yet on the Italian reports of a fresh air attack of Malta.
 Italian:
 One British battleship badly dam- aged Wednesday by an airplane bomb, one British aircraft carrier and three cruisers damaged. In Thursdays attack another British battleship squarely hit by airplane bomb of heaviest caliber, five British planes shot down. four more dam- aged. Italians suffered one destroy CT badly damaged, one cruiser light ly hit in the Wednesday engage ment. lost one plane yesterday.
 The English channel fight was ap- parently a skirmish between small forces of German and British de- stroyers. The Germans claimed destroyer fiotilla made a sortie to- ward the British coast and succeed ed in torpedoing two British de- stroyers.
 More Sinklngs Claimed
 At the same time other German destroyers claimed to have sunk a 9.000-ton and 3,000-ton merchant ship and two smaller vessels.
 The British, in an incomplete re- port of the action. said the German destroyers were chased back to Brest as son as sighted by the Brit ish light forces. They admitted dam- age to one British warsliip but me dicated belief that one or more Ger- man destroyers also had been hit.
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