BATTLE FOR CAPUZZO
SECOND ATTACK MADE SHELLING BY BRITISH RING OF TANKS CLOSE IN (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrlg-ht) LONDON, July 2 The second battle for Capuzzo, an Italian fort in the Libyan desert, began last Saturday after an Italian force had reoccupied the shattered shell of the fort, which the British captured on June 14, blew up and evacuated, taking away valuable plans, lorries and motor-cycles. The Italians moved in again last Friday with 1000 non-native troops, 16 tanks and a number of field guns. The British again attacked on Saturday, field guns shelling the Italian batteries while a ring of tanks closed in on the fort. The Italian guns scored only onehit in an hour and a-half, but British shells made a huge gap in the walls of the fort. Tanks awaited the coming of darkness to rush the fort, but the Italian resistance stiffened. The battle is continuing.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21155, 3 July 1940, Page 7
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