WAR IN AFRICA
R.A.F. OPERATIONS v 18 ITALIANS DOWNED (British Official Wireless.) (Received this day at 10.55 a.m.) RUGBY, December 10. An' R.A.F. communique issued at Cairo discloses that 18 Italian aircraft were destroyed, and probably another I four, in operations in support of. the I Army’s movement. Only three R.A.F. aircraft failed to return to their bases, and the pilots of two were saved. Reconnaissance flights reported large " fires west of Bugbug,. and in*>-.otlu>MV. areas, motor transport burning on the roads was causing a. dislocation of enemy troop movements.' * •* _» OPER ATION S CONTINUI NO CAPTURES INCLUDE TANKS (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, December 10. A communique from General Headquarters at Cairo, states: “Operations in the Western Desert are successfully,, continuing. Prisoners so far captured are reported to exceed 4000; also a number of medium tanks. “In the Sudan, in Gallabat area, patrolling activity, supported by artil~ lory fife, continues.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1940, Page 6
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