BARDIA SIEGE.
;.]?.£ -HARASSING FIRE. i Defenders Not Yet Short Of S. Food Or Water. 89V1.T ■ ' . . British Offlnial Wireless. J j;(freed. 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, Dec. 30. 5 CCr Operations around Bardia are at 5 present ,<v>nfined to small patrols, ■ . artillery action and bombing raids. cijrciea in London have no J_Z_£Saf6n to J&ink ihat the Italians conirisiae ßardia by the British J forces jwe. suffering from any lack of J ' mrater oV, food, •■ JJ Enemy artillery activity at Bardia • tfaa aoriiewhat more active yesterday in • Wiply to continued harassing fire from Z Britieh guns, states a Cairo communique. ; It adds: "Our troops sustained no fi damage or interruption of preparations, 1 whk-h are proceeding smoothly. « "On the Sudan-Kenya fronts active • patrolling continues."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 310, 31 December 1940, Page 8
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