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On Rejection of British Ultimatum IMPORTANT POSITIONS TAKEN JUST SOUTH OF CITY SHIPPING BOMBED IN BEIRUT HARBOUR LONDON, -Time 1!). A Cairo communique reports the capture of important positions just south of Damascus, with the assistance of the R.A.F. and the Royal Australian Air Force. Further progress has been made in the coastal area . , . Britain’s ultimatum to the Vichy forces asking for their withdrawal from Damascus was broadcast last night The time fixed for the expiry of the ultimatum was 5.30 o clock this A m ° n Sf German radio states that the Vichy commander, General Dentz, has rejected the Allied demands. British aircraft have again attacked shipping in Beirut harbour. Bombs fell very near a destroyer.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 June 1941, Page 5
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