ATTACKS RESUMED
ROMMEL’S COMMUNICATIONS. HAMMERING FROM THE AIR. ANOTHER- RAID- OX CATANIA. (United Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, January 22. The weather in Libya has improved allowing' the .Royal Air Force io resumo its hammering of General von Rommel’s communications by day and night. Targets west of El Agheila which have again been attacked include Homs, Zuara and Tripoli. The seaplane base was the main objective at Tripoli. In addition two large fires were started near administrative quarters in the town. On Tuesday Royal Air Force bombers attacked Catania, the main air base in Sicily, for the second night in succession. The attack went on for 10 hours. The raiders left about 20 enemy aircraft in flames. The Commander-in-Chief, Middle Fast (General Sir Claude Auchinleck) lias sent a telegram of congratulation to the Comander-in-Ohief of the Bth Army (Lieutenant-General N. M. Ritchie) upon his successes at Bardin and Hnlfaya. JTe also congratulated the General Officer Commanding the South African forces (General I. P. de Villiers) who. he said, deserved the highest praise. His troops had lost only one man to every 28 lost by the Germans and the Italians.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 87, 23 January 1942, Page 3
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