CAPE TRANSPORT CORPS
EXCELLENT WORK
HELP IN CHASING ITALIANS
(British Official Wireless.)
(Received February 1, noon.)
RUGBY, January 31.
In reference to the Eritrean" campaign emphasis is laid on' the assistance given to the British army advancing on Agordat and Barentu by
the Cape technical transport ■ companies which were mentioned in .yes-
terday's communique. They have kept up a first-class' standard of maintenance and efficiency and the pursuit of the Italians could not have been carried out without their excellent work.
They consist of Europeans and non-« Europeans. The companies were raised shortly after the outbreak of'the war and are legitimate offspring -of the Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport "Corps which did similar efficient work with horses in the" last war. - ■
On the Kenya front British troops are close to Moyale, where the Italian* are making a stand-and are-still la possession df' the British part of the town.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 27, 1 February 1941, Page 12
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