WAR IN AFRICA
OPERATIONS IN WESTERN DESERT AIR ATTACK ON BRITISH PATROL. SOME CASUALTIES TO MEN & VEHICLES. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 11.35 a.m.) RUGBY. July 29. A Cairo communique states: “In Egypt in the Western Desert, an observation patrol of light armoured fighting vehicles which had penetrated far behind the enemy's lines was spotted and subjected to continuous lowflying attacks by Italian bombers and fighters. There were some casualties to both men and vehicles. On other fronts there is nothing of importance.” A Nairobi communique states: “Our air force successfully bombed concentrations of enemy troops and camel trains and a post in the neighbourhood of Moyale. Only light anti-aircraft opposition was encountered.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 July 1940, Page 6
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