ENEMY PATROLS WITHDRAW

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23580, 6 March 1942, Page 6

ENEMY PATROLS WITHDRAW

ENGAGED BY BRITISH ARTILLERY

SHIPPING IN PALERMO BOMBED LGXDUN, March 4. A communique iram ontish General Headquarters In Cairo states; "On the n ,ght of IT arch --'j on£ r h our columns sucsessluily engaged the enemy south of El Imi ini. i este.aay our artillery was oarucularly d'.uve and forced the ■windra'cat of enemy poUs and patrols aVseveial pom;?. Our air mice, .upported the troops in tne forward area, A communique issued by Royal An Force headquarters m inn Middle East states; "Shipping in the harbour of Palermo was ‘succe.siully attached on Monday mgnt A cured hit was obtained on a large merchant ship yhich had motor transport as deck cargn. A fire broke out on board and wa.- still burning six hours later. Subsequent bombing caused other ccm.iderable fires and violent explosions m the area of the shipping .and engineering works, dry docks, and seaplane base, "On the same night the harbour nf Benghazi was again raided. HP- were scored on the moles but detailed results were obscured by haze. "Our fighter aircratt were active in Cyrenaica on Tuesday, but no combats with enemy aircraft developed. ‘ Raids on Malta continued on Monday night and the following clay. In the course of the night attacks, one Junkers S3 was shot down by antiaircraft gunfire. None of our aircraft is missing.'' A message from Cairo says that an Egyptian official statement announced that there were air raids on Alexandria and the Suez Canal area early on Wednesday morning. No casualties were caused, but there was slight damage to properly at Alexandria.