HARASSING THE ENEMY
(N.Z. Press Association —Copyright.) LONDON, Sept. 2S. Attacks against enemy shipping will perhaps present a. decisive aspect of this phase of the Egyptian campaign, says the Cairo correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. Since Juno 1 we have sunk 40 cargo vessels, representing 60,000 tons and damaged a further 80,000 tons. We have sunk six escorts and damaged at least 12. In tho Middle East, Allied aircraft are keeping up their harassing tactics. To-day’s Cairo communique says that during Saturday night our patrol activity continued and that yesterday there was nothing to report from the land forces. Air activity over the battle area was on a reduced scale.
Enemy transport and ammunition lorries were attacked on the GambutBardia road. South-west of Alexandria, an enemy raider was shot down and in the Suez area a Hoinkel 111 was shot down last night. We lost ono aircraft.
Frequent raids on Tobruk have forced the enemy to divert portion of his shipping to Benghazi, in Libya, but Benghazi is only slightly safer as Allied long-range bombers have been particularly successful in raids on this port.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 257, 29 September 1942, Page 5
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