FAITH IN FINAL VICTORY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21866, 20 January 1941, Page 5

FAITH IN FINAL VICTORY

Message To Italians In Libya

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received January 19, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 18. The Rome radio announced that Marshal Graziani sent a message to Italians in Libya affirming his absolute faith ffi a final victory. Another broadcast to the Italian Empire pointed out that Italians in East Africa must now produce many

goods for themselves “since the Empire is virtually cut off from Italy." British patrols in Libya now travel 90 miles west of Tobruk before meeting Italians. Derna is the next point of Italian resistance but the intervening stretches are empty of defenders. The British now control ah area in Libya 150 miles square With only two islands of resistance, namely, Tobruk and Jarabub. The furthest main point of British penetration is Gazala, consisting of a roadside blockhouse with twin aerodromes on each side of the road. The British found 23 unserviceable Italian ’planes ffi this area. This corner of Libya is rapidly returning to normal. Italian ’planes are rarely seen and the Bedouins evacuated to Egypt are returning to their desert homeland in the wake of the British Army.