GERMAN SHOCK TROOPS
SERVING IN AFRICA
EXPERIMENTAL CORPS
(Received October 15, 10.45 a.m.) LONDON, October 14. Berlin reported that German shock j troops who are serving in Africa, attached to Marshal Graziani's force, are believed to be an experimental corps! with the object of gaining experience in operating in the Tropics. An official communique issued in Cairo says: "In raids on Tobruk very large fires were started and explosions occurred. Shipping in the harbour was attacked and direct Mts were registered on the naval barracks. i ■"In Eritrea, Asmara was again bombed, two hangars being hit as well as the runway. In two raids on Gura several fires were started accompanied by loud explosions. "South African Air Force squadrons made further extensive reconnaissance nights. "From all these operations our aircraft returned safely." j An Italian communique says: "Italian artillery repulsed.British armoured cars which were attempting to attack southeast of Sidi Barrani. Three British ships shelled Italian positions around Sidi Barrani without doing any damage."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 92, 15 October 1940, Page 9
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