Austrian and Hungarian accounts supplied details of the destroyer operations and encounters. Dr. Clarke used Google Translate to read them, and the phrase 'set off in pursuit' follows the wording returned from both accounts of the Franco-Italian chase. He can read some German but finds Hungarian more difficult. That reliance on translation helps explain the occasional unusual phrasing in the operational narrative.
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Translated accounts behind the Adriatic operations
The wording of the Franco-Italian pursuit comes from translated operational accounts, with a stated limit on the author's ability to read Hungarian.