PICTURES FROM THE WESTERN DESERT - A gun boat from China waters with a shallow draught, crept along the coast and entered Bardia harbour. The shore batteries of the Italians could not depress low enough to shoot at her when her presence in the harbour was discovered. She sank three Italian ships of roughly four thousand tons each, as well as shelling targets on the shore at the closest possible range. After this daring raid the ship retreated out of the harbour and made a getaway despite intense fire. She was also the first British ship to put into Sollum after its capture. The pictures show -
PICTURES FROM THE WESTERN DESERT - A gun boat from China waters with a shallow draught, crept along the coast and entered Bardia harbour. The shore batteries of the Italians could not depress low enough to shoot at her when her presence in the harbour was discovered. She sank three Italian ships of roughly four thousand tons each, as well as shelling targets on the shore at the closest possible range. After this daring raid the ship retreated out of the harbour and made a getaway despite intense fire. She was also the first British ship to put into Sollum after its capture. The pictures show - the gunboat in the harbour at Sollum, and the Captain with his Second-in- Command on the jetty at Sollum, showing their boat in the background, British Army
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