AFRICAN CAMPAIGN

Grey River Argus, 5 December 1940, Page 7

AFRICAN CAMPAIGN

British Successes RUGBY, December 3. A Cairo communique states: Further details are now available of the action in the Kassala area of the Sudan, on the night of November 13: In addition to capturing prisoners, as already reported, our patrol destroyed a lorry, and counted 11 enemy dead. Subsequently, a further party of Italian motor-cyclists were ambushed, leaving in our hands three prisoners, seven motor-cycles, and a quantity of equipment, including machine-guns, rifles, and ammunition. In the area east of Gallabat, our artillery is again active. Ther e is no change in the situation on the other fronts. The R.A.F. was active in the Near and Middle East. A fort in Italian East Africa was raided. Considerable damage was done to motor transport and enemy personnel. Metemma was also attacked. Numerous reconnaissances were carried out over enemy territory on all fronts, and valuable information was received. From all these operations, all the British aircraft returned.

Fighter aeroplanes of the South African Air Force, which encountered three Caproni bombers t shot down one and damaged the other two. A communique issued in Gairo reports that British troops ambushed some Italians at Ga’Jabat, capturing one officer and nine men. TANGIER, December 3. Twenty Italians partly wrecked the British post office and damaged a British house. No arre'sts were made.