BRITAIN HAS KEPT RED SEA ROUTE OPEN.
ITALY DEFIED.
Troop And Supply Ships Pass To And Fro.
t'niKNl Pre*s A relation.—Copyriflit. (Kecd. 2 p.m.) LONDON", Sept. 13. •'The Times" Simla correspondent says the measure of the British command of the Red Sea is reflected in the official disclosure that since the outbreak of war 71 troopships and supply ships from Indian ports have used that route to the Middle East without loss.
Since the Italian occupation of Somaliland, two large contingents have passed unmolested up the Fed Sea.
Vessel* from Brit.sh, Australian and South African ports arc continually using the route in both direction®.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXXI, 14 September 1940, Page 9
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