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Calatafmi. 967 tons, attacked four
French destroyers of the Tartu type,
which were followed by five cruisers.
When the destroyers, creeping
toward the Genoa coast in the
drizzly semidarkness. opened fire
on the Calatafmi, the latter re-
turned the fire and launched two
torpedoes at the distance of a mile
and three-quarters.
The agency story said one salvo
struck destroyer, which was seen
to be covered with smoke. The re-
mainder of the enemy ships then fled
under the fire of the coast batteries.
The torpedoed ship sank, it was
reported. Stefani described it as
a 2,441-ton vessel with a crew of 10
officers and 210 men.
Imperia Is ,Bombarded.
One civilian was reported killed
in a naval bombardment of the
Italian port of Imperia, near the
French border. Eight civilians were
reported wounded in an air raid on
Venice.
The explosion of the aircraft shell
in Rome also resulted in the wound
ing of II civilians in the building in
which the woman was killed, au-
thorities announced.
The Egyptian Minister to Rome
notified the Italian government that
Egypt had severed diplomatic rela-
tions with Italy in accordance with
her alliance with Great Britain.
Egypt informed Italy that she
would give Britain all aid requested
by the British, but would stay out
of the war unless Italy invaded
Egypt, bombed and destroyed Egyp-
tian cities or made air raids against
Egyptian military objectives.
The United States Embassy took
over Egyptian affairs.
Attacked With Torpedoes.
The high commands report of the
naval action said the Calatafimi at
tackled with torpedoes two big de-
stroyers, lone of which sank"
The high command also said sew
eral civilians were killed and wound
ed when localities on the Ligurian
Rivera (the Genoa sector) were at
tackled by fire from enemy ships.
Italian aerial machine-gunners
riddled a shipment of brand-new
planes from the United States in an
attack on an airport on the Provence
coast of France, the Milan news
paper Corriere della Sera reported.
1t was indicated the attack was
made Thursday.
The newspaper said the planes,
which were lined up on the field
with their gasoline tanks still empty
after being unloaded from a ship
from America, were reduced to
wreckage.
The Italian flyers were said to
have raked the field from a height
of rs feet.
Urged to Quit War.
"The Duce wanted war. Here it
isl" the French leaflets said in Ital-
ian. France has nothing against
you. Quit and France will quit"
Anti-aircraft batteries went into
action against the planes, one of
the shells hitting a house.
Vatican City inhabitants said some
leaflets fell within the papal pre-
cincts and added that the flyers
dropped flares on parachutes, lead
ing to the conclusion that they were
taking pictures.
Since the Vatican City is not to
be flown over by an airplane under
the Lateran treaty with Italy, which
is recognized by all powers, an in
formed source said the Vatican au-
thorities might make a diplomatic
protest.
All lights in the Vatican City
were cut off during the raid except
those in the Pope's palace. Many
of those in Vatican City took refuge
in easements because AFRAID shell
ters are not yet ready. French and
British diplomats In the Vatican re-
mained In their apartments.