7. Reported from four separate sources that Italian battleships "Giulio Cesare" and "Conte di Cavour" recently inadvertently attacked by Italian aircraft and severely damaged with numerous casualties. Reports suggest that resemblance to British "Hood" when viewed from air accounted for the mistake. 8. German divisions in France believed distributed as follows: Northen France (Within approximately 50 miles of the coast between Dunkirk and breast) forty. Swiss Frontier (Bale to Geneva) seven,possibly including one armoured. Bordeaux to Spanish Frontie r, three, (possibly including one motorised). West of France, fifteen. Total : sixty-five. |