30 BOMBS DROPPED.
FUTILE RAID BY ITALIANS. NO DAMAGE OR CASUALTIES. (Received This Day, 10.45 a.m.) LONDON, Juno 27. An official communique issued at Nairobi says: “The Italians carried out further air raids on British Moyale and Wajir yesterday and to-day. Thirty bombs were dropped, but there was no damage or casualties.”—British Official Wireless.
FRONTIER POST ATTACKED.
SMALL GARRISON WITHDRAWS. ENEMY HELD FOR FOUR HOURS. (Received This Day, 10.0 a.m.) LONDON, June 27. Am official communique issued at Cairo to-day says: “A strong detachment of enemy troops, reinforced by tanks, attacked one of our frontier posts on the) borders of Abyssinia and British Somaliland. The attack was vigorously repulsed for four hours by a small garrison which consisted of a police force commanded by a British officer. There were no casualties on our side, the small garrison withdrawing intact.
“Thefie is nothing to report from the Libyan frontier.” —British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 223, 28 June 1940, Page 5
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15130 BOMBS DROPPED. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 223, 28 June 1940, Page 5
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