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OUTPOST CAPTURED. ON KENYA FRONT. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (British ..Official Wiic.ess.) Received August 6, 1.30 p.m. RUGBY, Aug. 5. A Cairo communique states that the Italian post at Tcdenyand (on the northern extremity of Lake Rudolph) has been captured by a small force or the’‘King’s African Rifles. This action occurred on Friday afternoon near Tirkana, on the Kenya front. The enemy attempted a counterattack, which was repulsed, the enemy leaving behind 37 dead and many wounded. There is nothing to report on the other fronts.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 212, 6 August 1940, Page 8
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