TOWNS CAPTURED
BRAVA AND MOYALE CLEANING UP OPERATIONS ITALIANS DRIVEN OUT (Official Wireless) (Received Feb. 26, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Feb. 25 A Nairobi communique states: Brava, which was captured yesterday, is a port 160 miles north of I Kismayu. Cleaning up operations are con-1 tinuing in the Gelib area, where \ yesterday South African troops I rounded up a party of the enemy which had been stranded in the bush. On the northern sector a company of Abyssinian irregulars captured British and Italian Moyale, and South African troops have now taken over this area. By the capture of Moyale, which was lost by us In July last, the Italian troops have also been evicted from British territory.
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21356, 26 February 1941, Page 5
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