CAPUZZO FORT
BATTLE CONTINUES
INACCURATE ENEMY FIRE
LONDON. July L
A correspondent of the- British. United Press says that a second battle at Capuzzo began on Saturday after Italian forces reoccupied the shattered shell of the fort, which the British, had captured on June 14 and then evacuated with valuable plans, as -well as lorries and- motor-cycles, after blowing up the fort.
The Italians moved in again last Thursday with 100 ft non-native troops,. 16 tanks, and some field guns, and the British made their second attack the following day, their field guns shelling the Italian batteries while a ring of tanks closed in on the fort.
The Italian guns scored only one hit in an hour and a half, and British shells made a huge gap in the walls of the fort.
The: tanks waited, in darkness to rush the fort, but the resistance stiffened!. The battle continues.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 3, 3 July 1940, Page 7
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