Opposition at Derna
FRESH ITALIAN TROOPS
(British Official Wireless.)
(Received February 1,11.20 a.m.) RUGBY, January 31.
No doubt is felt in authoritative circles in London that the Italian resistance at Derna has been stronger than any hitherto met by the Army of the Nile.
This is thought to be due to the fact that the Italian troops there had not been involved in the previous fighting and had not become infected with the known lack of morale encountered at Bardia and Tobruk. Nor had they been so heavily shelled as the troops defending those places. The British advance continues along the coast to -Apollonia, 40 miles away.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 27, 1 February 1941, Page 11
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