BEING TORN TO SHREDS
ITALY’S AFRICAN EMPIRE RECENT WARNING RECALLED (British Official Wireless) (Received February 6, 9.0 p.m.) RUGBY, February 5. The further crippling blows struck yesterday against the Italian forces in Libya, Eritrea, Italian Somaliland and Abyssinia recall an utterance by the Prime Minister (Mr Winston Churchill), who broadcast a speech to the Italian people on December 23. Mr Churchill declared: “Our armies are tearing and will tear your African Empire to shreds and tatters.” The accelerated pace at which this is proceeding has made a deep impression throughout the Near East, and the significance of the latest developments in Africa and Albania is becoming increasingly appreciated in Rome, where, according to the latest reports, between 30 and 40 more leading members of the Fascist hierarchy have been replaced for service at the front.
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Southland Times, Issue 24354, 7 February 1941, Page 5
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