STARVE ENEMY
BRITISH STRATEGY. SOMALILAND THEATRE. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received August 12, 12.10 p.m. CAIRO, Aug. 11. General Headquarters, in a statement on tlie position in British Somaliland, said: “Our goal is the destruction of the enemy’s forces. It is not our object to defend every inch of soil, but rather to make the enemy use up precious supplies of food, petrol and ammunition which he cannot replenish in what is a strategically wasteful enterprise.
“Any immediate successes of the enemy in occupation of parts of the protectorate will bo offset by the necessity of providing food for the population, which is entirely dependent upon Aden for many essential supplies.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 217, 12 August 1940, Page 7
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