HEAVY SMOKE SEEN.
AFTER NAVAL SHELLING. (Reed. 2 p.m.) RUGBY, Aug. 19. . A Cairo communique states that in the Western Desert, following a naval shelling of dumps in'the area north of Capuzzo on Saturday, our patrols report seeing for some hours a dense column of smoke 100 feet high. , In Kenya yesterday, a few miles from Buna, a party of 30 Banda fled after exchanging shots with a smali party of cii rs.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 197, 20 August 1940, Page 7
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73HEAVY SMOKE SEEN. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 197, 20 August 1940, Page 7
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