LANDED FROM THE AIR
BRITISH TROOPS
THE ACTION AT FALLUJA
LONDON, May 20.
The British success in the capture of the important town of Falluja resulted from a combined land and air attack following bombardment of military targets in and around the town yesterday morning. R.A.F. troop-carriers landed British troops in the desert west of Falluja.
The rebels flooded the country nearby in an attempt to hold up the British advance, but the town was occupied by 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Falluja is about ten miles from Habbania, on the other side of the river Euphrates, and it was to this place that the Irak rebels retired after being driven from Habbania. Falluja controls the crossing of the Euphrates, and the important bridge there is still intact. The road to Bagdad is now open.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 118, 21 May 1941, Page 7
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