DISASTROUS FAILURE
ITALIAN RAID
FRONTIER OF KENYA
LONDON, December 20,
A Cairo communique reports that an Italian attempt to take the initiative in Kenya ended disastrously. .
The Italians raided the village of Boran in the northern frontier district but were overtaken by. a party of East African troops. Two of the raiders were killed and 70 camels and some equipment were left behind.
There were no British losses,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 150, 21 December 1940, Page 12
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