BATTLE OF TANKS
DECISIVE AERIAL ACTION
CAIRO, November 25.
The captain of a famous hussar regiment who was an eye-witness of the tank battle at Hilliquat, fifteen miles from Sidi Barrani, on November 21, said that while one tank squadron bore round the enemy's left to cut off the retreat and catch the tanks at a vulnerable point' in their armour, another squadron, closed in from the right, under heavy fire; until in some places it was two hundred yards from the enemy. Concentration on the main task —the destruction of the Italian tanks —seemed not yet possible, owing to danger from the air and enemy flank movements. The dangers increased when seventeen Italian bombers appeared.
Four Australian-manned planes immediately appeared, attacked the Italians, and shot down three, and possibly three more, losing one machine. Thus relieved from danger, the hussars completed the Italian rout.
A communique from Cairo states: "Our harassing operations in the area east of Gallabat continue. There is no change on all the other fronts."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 129, 27 November 1940, Page 7
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