ACTIVITY IN AFRICA
ITALIAN BASES AGAIN BOMBED DAMAGE AT BENGHAZI & ELSEWHERE. SUCCESSFUL ACTION FOUGHT IN SUDAN. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) CAIRO, October 20. An R.A.F. communique states: Yesterday we successfully bombed shipping at Benghazi and Berka. Bombs at Benghazi straddled ships and a large fire was caused in the Berka barracks. We hit a telephone exchange and military headquarters in Benghazi. Bombs fell on barracks and motorised units west of Bardia, also anti-aircraft batteries at Halfaya. The R.A.F. attacked Maritza, also hangars at Diredawa, where fires followed explosions. Four Italian planes bombed Bahrein Island, causing little damage and no casualties. A headquarters communique states: One of our mechanised units yesterday successfully fought an action in Kas-j sala area (Sudan).
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 October 1940, Page 5
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118ACTIVITY IN AFRICA Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 October 1940, Page 5
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