“It would be terrible country over which to fight." writes a Now Zealand soldier from Egypt in describing the desert between Egypt and Libya. “Although we. of course, do not know the mind of the Commandcr-in-Chicf, we do not think we are going to advance over such country. Evon the ground the Italians have taken is of no use to Egypt, and less to Libya. Solium, a collection of 10 to 12 native mud huts, is right on the border, continues this soldier, “and Sidi Barrani is much the same except that it boasts a hotel. Holiday-makers stayed at this hotel on their way to the oasis of Siwa. Water, roads, and railways do not exist, and the only things living in those parts are a few Bedouins and their herds of goats and sheep. The Italian aeroplanes have not been over to molest us lately, and they must be feeling the effect of the work of the Navy and Royal Air Force. The turn of the Army, both here and in England, will come later."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 November 1940, Page 5
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