SUDAN RETIREMENT
AREA OF GALLABAT VIRTUAL EVACUATION PATROLS OF ITALIANS (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 2.40 p.m. RUGBY, Nov.‘ 24. The virtual evacuation of Metemma, to which the Italians retired from, Gallabat, is recorded in a Cairo communique, which states: “As a result of continued aggressive action by our patrols and artillery, Metemma now, to all intents and purposes, has been evacuated by the Italians, whose patrols venture into the area from the surrounding heights only at night. “So much for the Italian claims that Gallabat still remains in their hands. “In Kenya a numerically superior enemy force was driven off with casualties by qne of our mechanised patrols which it tried to intercept. There is no change in the situation on the other fronts.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20414, 26 November 1940, Page 11
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124SUDAN RETIREMENT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20414, 26 November 1940, Page 11
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