NO EASY TASK
FACING THE ITALIANS IN AFRICA. BRITISH NEV7SPAPER COMMENT. LONDON. August 8. It is expected that the news from British Somaliland will continue to be scanty and spasmodic. Many London newspapers, commenting on the Italian advance, ask: Even if the Italians do capture Berbera, the only objective of any importance, what will be its use to them when they do not have command of the seas? It is also remarked that the Italian advance was only made possible by the collapse of France and the loss of Jibuti, which enabled the Italians to pass from the defensive to the offensive.
Referring to the likelihood of an Italian attack from Libya, newspaper comment is that the Italians would have to advance ajong the coastal region or into the Nile Valley. In neither case was the question of water supplies an easy problem, and the coastal route was within range of shell fire from warships. The “Daily Express'’ comments that this area is defended by the best of British troops—the Australians and the New Zealanders—and reinforcements could arrive through the Red Sea.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 August 1940, Page 5
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