R.A.F.’s Intensive Raids On Germans In Cyrenaica

Northern Advocate, 23 May 1941, Page 4

R.A.F.’s Intensive Raids On Germans In Cyrenaica

(Rec. 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 22. The R.A.F. is unloosing its most intensive efforts, since the beginning of the Desert War, against German concentrations and transport columns in Cyrenaica. says the correspondenl of the Associateci Fress of t Great Britain in the Western Desert. During the last 30 hours, eight German planes have been destroyed, and scores of vehicles set on fire. Ammunition and petrol dumps have been blown up. To meet the British air offensive, the Germans are stationing tanks at regular intervals along the roads and trails in order to combat low-flying and attacking planes. Big German Force A considerable German force, equipped with 2000 vehicles, is concentrated in the Capuzzo-Bardia area, but there is no indication that an immediate enemy offensive has been planned. This concentration has been the main target of British air attacks. British air losses so far are extremely light. • Pilots concede that German antiaircraft fire is superior to Italian, and is improving. Air observers report seeing enemy trhops in the desert, clad in khaki, instead of the usual grey-green.