SATISFACTION IN CAIRO
GENERAL MALETTI'S DEATH
(Received December 13, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, December 12. The announcement of General Maletti's death has caused special satisfaction in Cairo, because it confirms the defeat of the Italian flying armoured desert column, which had a considerable nuisance value 'and was once a potential threat to the British southern flank. LONDON, December 11. The capture of Sidi Barrani can rightly be claimed as a great victory in the early stages of the British offensive. The further weakening of the Italian morale will* also tremendously affect both Arab opinion, which Mussolini has assiduously striven to cultivate, and political developments in the Balkans. It is commented in London that since last Friday three Italian generals have
resigned, three have been captured, and three have been killed, and two admirals have resigned. The Cairo newspapers today feature the capture of Sidi Barrani, which has sent the Egyptians wild with joy. "El Ahram" uses for a headline a verse from the Koran: "Our possession has returned to us."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 143, 13 December 1940, Page 7
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