ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.
PROGRESS CLAIMED. Received August 20, 1.10 p.m. CAIRO, Aug. 9. The Egyptian police leave has been cancelled as a precaution against emergencies In Rome the Italian forces are reported to be surrounding the Bohotleh caravanserai, in a " strategic oasis twenty miles from the Ethiopian border in British Somaliland. They are now moving on to the sea towards Berbera, where they are expected to join the converging Italian columns.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 216, 10 August 1940, Page 8
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70ITALIAN CAMPAIGN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 216, 10 August 1940, Page 8
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