EGYPT PREPARED

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 254, 24 September 1940, Page 7

EGYPT PREPARED

MARTIAL LAW DECLARED.

NAVY SHELLS ENEMY

(United Press Association —Copyright.) (Rec. 10 a.m.) CAIRO, Sept. 23. Martial law has been declared throughout Egypt. ; _ A naval communique . sayß naval forces attacked enemy positions in the Sidi Barrani area during the early hours of yesterday with good results.

A Nairobi communique states: “South African Air Force squadrons successfully attacked Birikau, in Italian Somaliland, for the second time in a week.. Direct hits were obtained .on the camp, and fires were started. Other South African aircraft carried out normal reconnaissances. From these operations all our aircraft returned safely. “Early on Saturday, aircraft attacked the lsioto area in /Kenya. A number of bombs were dropped, hut there were no military or Air Force casualties, and no damage resulted.” RAID ON CYPRUS. The first enemy air attack on Cyprus' is recorded in a communique from the headquarters of the Cyprus troops, says a British Official Wireless report. “Hostile planes, flying at a great height, raided a town v in tlie Morshou Bay area on Sunday morning. The attack lasted from 11.20 to 12.2 and bombs were dropped in the sea. Later part of the town was machine-ghnned. “There were no casualties and no material damage. An air raid alarm was sounded at Nicosia (the capital) from 11.25 to 12.5.”