ATTACK REPULSED.
ENEMY SORTIE AT TOBRUK. * BRITISH PATROLS CONTINUE. (Roc. O.viO a.m.) LONDON, duly 31. A communique issued by headquarters at Cairo states: “During yesterday afternoon the enemy attacked one of onr forward observation points at the junction of the perimeter south east of Tobruk. They wore driven off by artillery fire and left one wounded man in onr hands. During the night our patrolling activity continued but no contact was made with the enemy. “In the frontier area an Italian fighter made a forced landing and the pilot surrendered.
“The Vichy forces in Syria have now handed over all their field artillery to the Allied troops.”—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 248, 1 August 1941, Page 5
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