MORE ITALIAN LOSSES
FIGHTING IN CAPUZZO AREA CAMEL CORPS PATROLS ACTIVE. SUCCESSFUL BRITISH BOMBING ATTACKS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright! (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) CAIRO. July 24. A communique states: "Further enemy losses of lorries and guns near Capuzzo were reported yesterday. Motorised detachments of the Somaliland Camel Corps have continued active patrols and identifications and information have been obtained.” A communique states: "We successfully bombed Tobruk harbour on the night of July 22 and causing four explosions by direct hits on a submarine jetty, at which some submarines were moored. The R.A.F. also attacked El Gubbi and El Aden aerodromes. One of our planes is missing. "A low-bombing attack considerably damaged the Umnhagar Aerodrome in Italian East Africa. An enemy fighter crashed when trying to intercept our bombers during another raid in the Massawa area. All of our planes returned.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 July 1940, Page 8
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140MORE ITALIAN LOSSES Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 July 1940, Page 8
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