CLASH OF TANKS
British Official Wireless.
sharp desert fighting
Rugby, Sept. 17. The Prime Minlster. M.r Wlnston Churchill, prefaced hls remarks ln the House of Commons on the progress of the Battle of Britain with a brief reference to the operations in East Africa. "The advance of the. Italian army from Libya is in progress," he said. "Two British platoons which have been holding Sollum have been withdrawn. Sharp fighting is taking place upon the desert ftanks between armoured vehicles, but the enemy is still at some distance from our position of resistance. We must see what happens."
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1940, Page 7
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