MIDDLE EAST

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 October 1942, Page 6

MIDDLE EAST

TOBRUK AGAIN BOMBED LONDON, October 20. In Egypt there is still nothing to report from the land forces apart from patrol activity. On Sunday night Allied heavy and medium bombers attacked Tobruk, scoring hits on enemy ships. American heavy bombers raided Tobruk again yesterday, scoring direct hits on at' least two large merchant ships. Enemy landing grounds at Fuka and El Daba were also attacked. Torpedocarrying aircraft bit an enemy merchant ship off Pantellaria Island, near Sicily. The ship was left sinking. In’ air attacks over the battle area fires were started and enemy aircraft were destroyed in combat. ITALIAN GENERAL KILLED (Recd 11 a.m.) ' , LONDON, October 20. Eleven Italian generals, thus far, have been killed in the war on all fronts. The Rome radio to-day, announces that General Federico Ferrari Orsi, Commander of an Italian Army Corps, was killed on Sunday in one of the most advanced Italian positions in Egypt. RAIDERS OVER MALTA. RUGBY, October 20.

The continued failure of enemy air attacks on Malta is described by, the R.A.F. Middle East News Service. After a series of tip and run raids by ME 109’s yesterday, the Luftwaffe attempted to outwit the defenders by sending over three bomber formations at dusk, one from the west, one from the east, and the other from the north. Though outnumbered by ten to one, British day fighters first drove off the western force, then the eastern, while night fighters intercepted the raiders from the north. Less than one-tenth of the enemy bombers managed to cross the coast. Iwo were destroyed. NAZIS JbFCAIRO NEW YORK, October 19. “Cairo is a hotbed of intrigue and is overrun by Nazi agents,” said Mr. John Ogden, a New York publisher, who has returned from Egypt after a year in the American Field Service. “The British authorities know many of these agents and feed them with false information for transmission to Berlin.” . AMERICANS IN SYRIA LODON, October 20. The Rome radio reported that fresh contingents of American troops arrived in Lebanon, including numerous air units. They were ordered io occupy Syrian aerodromes. The Berlin radio said that Americans arrived in Syria before proceeding to Persia and Russia.