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FALL OF SOLIUM

RUMOURED IN CAIRO NOT CONFIRMED OFFICIALLY VAST MASS,OF MATERIAL CAPTURED. ITALIAN RETREAT BECOMES DISORDERLY. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, December 13. “The Times” special correspondent at Cairo says that the spokesman of the British headquarters would not confirm rumours of the fall of Solium, but, as all accounts agree that the Italian withdrawal threatens to assume the proportions of a rout it is not impossible that some of our advanced forces have reached Solium. British airmen continue to inflict the deadliest blows on the enemy aerodromes, troop concentrations and motor transport columns. Some aerodromes have been practically bombed out of existence and others can be used only with difficulty. The correspondent adds that the importance of the British victory will be found in the wealth of material captured. There is so much of it that the army has not even begun to know what it includes. Its sorting and convoying is giving the army a pretty problem, as is the question of feeding, particularly the supply of water to the prisoners. Our" troops are carrying only sufficient water rations for their immediate . needs. Even the army Commissariat is finding difficulty in coping with the sudden arrival of 20,000 empty mouths. The Cairo correspondent of the British United Press says the British advanced troops are still in touch with the fleeing Italians but they must step on it” to keep contact because the would-be invaders of Egypt are new reported to be retiring in disorder, en.ire units, abandoning materials of all kinds, and outdistancing their officers. fhe British Associated Press says the official estimates in Cairo of the number of prisoners are most moderate. It unlikely that many Italians have succeeded in escaping the British dragnet.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 December 1940, Page 5

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FALL OF SOLIUM Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 December 1940, Page 5

FALL OF SOLIUM Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 December 1940, Page 5

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