38,114 PRISONERS COUNTED
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, December 28. A communique from the British headquarters in Cairo states:
"The concentration of our forces investing Bardia is proceeding smoothly, while our artillery continues to harass the Italian garrison. Operations by our mobile detachments to dear the country to the westward, are pro-
ceeding.
"The prisoners counted to date since the beginning of the operations in the Western Desert now number 38,114, of which 24,845 are Italian officers and other ranks. Four additional guns have been captured south of Bardia. "On the frontiers of the Sudan and Kenya our patrols have again been active."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 156, 30 December 1940, Page 7
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