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Cameras for Guns. The Warspite had fought the Italians at Matapan; she had put a broadside into the Italia (then the Littorio) at Taranto. She had been bombed off Crete. Of late she had seen nothing of the Italian Navy. Now, as the Italians approached, the Warspite's crew manned the guns. But they were not in combat dress. Many of them aimed cameras...
...Matapan (March 28, 1941), a night action south of Greece, was Cunningham's greatest pitched battle with the Italians-because he was able to ambush them and force a fight. Just before the action he flashed to his ships: "We are going to have some fun." They did. They sank three cruisers and two destroyers...
...Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, hero of Cape Matapan—a baronet...
Since September 1940, tall, blond Larry Allen has reported firsthand almost every big British naval action in the,, Mediterranean. In March, when the British in one night in the Battle of Matapan knocked out an Italian battleship and sank a half-dozen cruisers and destroyers, Correspond ent Allen got a grandstand view from the bridge of Admiral Cunningham's flagship Warspite. He was with the British squad ron which blasted 5,000 Nazi troops at tempting a surprise landing at Crete...
...with bombarding the enemy wherever he dawdled within 30 miles of the Libyan coast, and with breaking his supply lines. Sir Alan's forces torpedoed a cruiser (the R.A.F. got another), a destroyer and two supply ships. Admiral Cunningham has on his escutcheon the fair marks of Taranto, Matapan and last year's Libyan show. He has kept Tobruk alive with a steady stream of supplies. His most famous signal at sea, which he flashed as he steamed toward Taranto: "I intend to behave offensively in the Ionian...