ITALIANS’ DIFFICULTIES
" GIGANTIC BRITISH PREPARATIONS ” AN ADMISSION FROM ROME Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, October 27. (Received October 28, at 8 a.in.) Dr Gayda claims that tho Italians have advanced 18 miles towards Mersa Matruh and 36 miles from Sidi Baraui, but he emphasises the enormous difficulty “ facing the Italians in view of the gigantic British preparations.” He declares that despite British forces totalling a-quartcr of a million men in Egypt and more reinforcements expected, and Australia’s equipment for three additional divisions for Egypt, Marshal Graziani’s new offensive will not be halted.
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Evening Star, Issue 23718, 28 October 1940, Page 5
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91ITALIANS’ DIFFICULTIES Evening Star, Issue 23718, 28 October 1940, Page 5
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