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...Wales. The Hood was destroyed "with very few survivors" by a lucky hit on her powder magazine at a range of more than 13 miles. But in the battle the Bismarck was slowed down by a hit on her bow. She was still further slowed by an aerial torpedo which struck her that afternoon...
...This second torpedo," said First Lord of the Admiralty A. V. Alexander, "apparently affected the steering of the ship, for not only was she reduced to very low speed but she continued making uncontrollable circles in the sea, in which condition she was attacked by our flotillas with two more torpedoes which brought her virtually to a standstill, far from help and far outside the range within which enemy bomber aircraft from the French coast could come upon the scene...
...noticeable for some time. Observers had seen camels in Bulgaria, transport planes in Greece, seagoing barges at the Danube's mouth. Correspondents had seen Rumania's Puppet Premier General Ion Antonescu stage a ceremonial farewell for German troops faring southeastward. The Greek islands had been seized. German torpedo boats had appeared in the Aegean, and Nazi "tourists" in their outlandish, paper-stiff civvies had appeared in Syria. The German-French agreement (see p. 27), officially opening Syria to the Nazis, had been signed and sealed...
...Gloucester which was the weather ship, and she had an uncomfortable time but was not hit. The destroyers tried to get across to cover her with smoke, but at the speed we were going (31 knots) had a job to get there, and before they did a torpedo striking force from the Formidable, which we had seen before we sighted the battleship, attacked the enemy and his attention was well and truly distracted. He ceased fire and turned to avoid the torpedoes, and we drew out of range...
...dusk fell we were for a time just able to make out what appeared to be three enemy cruisers, but they faded out again as it grew darker. Then a Brock's benefit [Brock is the biggest British fireworks maker] broke out ahead as the torpedo bombers' attack develbul's Hotel Pera Palace, you say it was full of "Victorian rocking chairs." Your picture shows no rocking chairs. Is it not correct that rocking chairs are an American institution only...