ENEMY AGAIN WITHDRAWS i

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 15 May 1941, Page 5

ENEMY AGAIN WITHDRAWS i

RACK TO ORIGINAL POSITIONS , FURTHER SUCCESSES IN ABYSSINIA f British Official Wireless 1 (Rec. 10.15 a.m.) Rugby, May 14 t A Cairo communique states: "During a limited offensive operation carried out by our troops from Tobruk two German i medium tanks were destroyed and many casualties inflicted on the enemy, j In the Solium area the enemy has again J withdrawn to their original positions I south and west of Solium where they ' are being continuously harried by our mechanised patrols. "In Abyssinia despite road obstruction and other physical difficulties our 1 two forces converging on Amba Alagi j; are making satisfactory progress. In * the lakes area south of Addis Ababa fur- £ ther successes have been gained by the ( capture of a strongly defended enemy f position. Prisoners taken number 500. ‘ together with two batteries of artillery, 1 five light tanks and one anti-tank gun. Our troops also occupied Algi, an im- 1 portant post north of Yavello. On the j c Negheli dale road the pursuit of the | c enemy is continuing. In an action on < 12th May with the enemy rearguard, i which was driven back with heavy i losses, our troops captured over a hundred prisoners. "The situation in Iraq is quiet.”