THE LIBYAN CAMPAIGN
Operations in El Agheila Area MOBILE COLUMNS ACTIVE • SMUTS CONGRATULATES SOUTH AFRICANS London, Jan. 20. In Libya our mobile columns continue their activity east of El Agheila. . General Smuts has sent a message ° f congratulation to General de Vil--I’crs on the capture, by South African forces, of Bardia, Solium and Halfaya. Lie gallant struggle and severe pribitions of f he South African forces, ; ‘i(i General Smuts, have been justl;f(l by the outstanding results achieved.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXX, Issue 13548, 21 January 1942, Page 3
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