4 APRIL 1941, Page 5

To make the naval victory in the Mediterranean even more

edible still, it now appears that not two British bombers, Only one were lost. Where and how is not stated. Perhaps that will never be known. But it is at least possible—one would like to believe it—that this may be another case of in- calculably much being owed by so many to so few. While it was the British Navy that sank the Italian cruisers it was British torpedo-bombers which made the whole action possible by disabling the Littorio,' and so slowing down the whole enemy squadron. It may or may not be one of those machines that represents the single British casualty. One would like to think that its gallant crew before they died had dealt the blow which led to the greatest victory of its kind in British naval history.