ITALIAN SOMALILAND.
THE CONSCRIPTED NATIVES. WISH TO JOIN THE BRITISH. (Received This Day, 9.40 a.m.) NAIROBI, June 27. A communique states: Our ground patrols proceeded 20 miles into Italian Somaliland without encountering opposition. Continued reports are. being received from Italian Somaliland and Abyssinia that bands conscripted by the Italians wish to desert to us. A report from one of our posts states that the enemy bombed Lokitaung, on the west shore of Lake Rudolph. No damage was reported. Our reconnaissance aircraft are busy over Italian Somaliland.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 223, 28 June 1940, Page 5
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