FIRES STARTED

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 255, 25 September 1940, Page 8

FIRES STARTED

BOMBING IN AFRICA

E.A.F. ACHIEVEMENTS

(United Press Association —Copyright.) (British urnciai Wireless.)

(Rec. 1.35 p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 24. An Ii.A.F. communique issued in Cairo on Tuesday stated:- “On Sunday our bombers attacked enemy aircrart on the Menastir landing ground. All the bombs fell irt the target area. Yesterday a second attack was delivered, and three explosions were seen among aircraft, followed by fires. “Two raids were made on Tobruk 'harbour yesterday. In the first, bombs burst among buildings and on the jetty. During the second attack bombs were observed to fall on buildings and very close to ships moored alongside the jetty. “Zula, in Eritrea, was attacked on Saturday night. There was a direct hit on buildings, and a fire broke out immediately. Four other fires visible from a distance of 20 miles were started in the centre of the camp. Yesterday a successful attack made on technical buildings and the aerodrome at Mai Abaga resulted in direct hits on buildings and aircraft on tne ground, two fighters being definitely destroyed. “Aircraft of the South African Air Force raided Sciasciamanna (Central Abyssinia) on Sunday. An enemy bomber on the ground was destroyed. A Cairo communique states: ‘‘There is no change in the situation in the Western Desert. During Sunday evening our artillery, silenced some enemy batteries. Mersa (Matruh was raided four times during Sunday night, but there were no casualties. On the other fronts there is nothing to report.