ARABS WITH BRITAIN
IMPRESSED BY R.A.F. OFFENSIVES
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, September 20. (Received September 21, at 11.20 a.m.) A message from Aden describing an air raid by a single Italian aircraft in the early hours of Thursday says four bombs were dropped. There were no casualties, and the damage, which was slight, was caused only to one building. In a second raid later the same day all the bombs fell harmlessly into the sea. Advices from Aden also refer to reliable reports reaching there from Assab and Massawa which show that the sympathies of the local Arabs are with Britain. They have been greatly impressed by the accuracy of the R.A.F. bombing of military targets, which proved sparing of the lives of civilians nearby.
From the same source it is understood that the fires started at Assab by the R.A.F. raids last Sunday and Monday burned for three days.
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Evening Star, Issue 23687, 21 September 1940, Page 11
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150ARABS WITH BRITAIN Evening Star, Issue 23687, 21 September 1940, Page 11
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