BATTLE IN LIBYA

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 80, 28 December 1940, Page 4

BATTLE IN LIBYA

Big News Eor Australia A.i.E. AS “STORM TROOPS” SY I INE Y. 1 lei-ember 19.

The liig news I'oi; Australia I his week naturally was tlie aiimnim-eiiient Hi,-it llu- A.1.1-’, was in tlie lialtle in Libya against tin- liali.ius. It is must prem.-i ble llml tlie I loops engaged are men ol' iln- Sixth Division, which was I lie lirsi i o leu re- Ansi rnlia in Jinimiry, was iraim-d for ni.-iny inoiilli.s iu P.-il-eslim-, and w.-is rushed 1,, Egypi in Sepli-iiibei' "lieu lhe Italian push In-g.-m. (If lhe Ihrei- brigades wliieli (•oiuprise Iln- Sixih Division, mie is composed enl ire-ly of New Soiilh Wales soldiers.

A list ra lia us hare- no iloulu of lhe good m I-Oiinl llial Iln- A.I F. will give of it.-i-lf. and lhe Minister for lhe Army. Mr. Spender, as soon as flic am moimemeiil was made, hireiened to give an ii<<ili-am-e llml I he A. 1.1-', bad everything (lossilile ill I lie w.-iv ol eq ill pllieli I lo see il I hl-oiigh I lie eampaigli. t)m- of tlie most original (omim-nts on I In- news was nimlc by Major Gen (-r.il 11. W Lloyd, an arliih-ry com m.imlcr in iln- last mar. ami now a militia commander, who said: "I hope not too ninny of our im-n lire used against sm-h n subsidiary force as the lialians. We nceil llielti for the multi bailie -igainsl Germaiiy Tlie Auslr.ir inns .ire tlie Empire's <lOllll icoopers •file >reir w-m'l be won lilt lhe luiyoiii-l.s of tlie Empire- are- marching don n the

t uier den lamh-ntlie main street of Berlin. Fighting Hie llaliiiiis wili lie good practice for Hie Australians, but good troops should be used economically and preserved for the vil.-il aelioti." invalided Home.

The first A I.F. soldiers invalided home from ibe war have urrived in Sydney. Several of them are recovering from ,-impiiiiitioiis as tlje result of injuries suffered in air raids. Three wlm were suffering from severe mental shuck were t.-iken liiii-cl lo hospital. The soldiers eoiilii-med earlier reports lhal they liad mu been receiving tile sent lo them by (lie Australian t'oml'm-ts l-’itml. and suggested llml tliere should be tin impiiry into the mailer. Some ol them wtio liad also heeil members of lhe A.I.F. iu tile last war -aid llml fewer comforls were being (listi-ihuled now than in 1911-IS. Others said tlml eei-tnin simps in I’.ileslim- were selling cigarettes be.-ii-ing lhe slump of lhe foils Fund. Fund otliei.ils maintain that whatever mistakes have lx eu made are tin- fault of lhe inilil.-iiy ,-i ill lioi-il ies in '.lie lielil. Tlie Miui-iei for tlie Arm.' lias ureier i-d an inquiry into tin- mailer.