CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA
AERIAL OPERATIONS. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.! RUGBY, December 4. In Italian East Africa, Kassala wasj heavily raided. Bombs were dropped on an enemy fortified position, and a motor transport park was straddled. The British also machine-gunned transport and enemy personnel. At Adardeb, a Rhodesian squadron bombed an enemy camp, starting a fire. Numerous reconnaissances were carried out over enemy territory, on all fronts. From all these operations, the British aircraft returned safely. PATROL ACTIVITY RUGBY, December 4. A Cairo communique states: Our patrols were again active north and south of Kassala, inflicting casualties on the enemy, without loss to themselves. There is no change in the situation on the other fronts.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 5 December 1940, Page 9
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