BLOW FOR ITALIANS
STORES CAPTURED
ACCUMULATED FOOD & OIL
(Received December 14, 12.20 p.m.) j LONDON, December 13. The British have captured all the food and oil that the Italians had accumulated for the invasion of Egypt, reports a war correspondent in the Western Desert. Five Italian divisions have been chased1 from strongly fortified positions. Hurricane fighter pilots have carried out 67 attacks behind the Italian lines in three days. They reported that they saw large fires raging at Sollum and a long column of motorised troops hurrying across Libya to Tobruk. The advance headquarters of the Italian Tenth Army was seen moving from Bardia towards Tobruk. Military circles say that it is difficult to estimate the exact strength of the Italian divisions. It is stated authoritatively that information received leads to the belief that rebel activity in Italian East Africa, including Abyssinia, is increasing.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 144, 14 December 1940, Page 11
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144BLOW FOR ITALIANS Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 144, 14 December 1940, Page 11
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