WAR IN KENYA
SOUTH AFRICANS TAKE
PRISONERS NEAR TO ITALIAN FRONTIER. SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS BY PATROLS. i.British Official Wireless.' (Received This Day. 11.40 a.m.i RUGBY. January 20. A Nairobi communique states: “South African troops captured ptisoners in the Elyibo area, close to the Italian frontier, north of Dukana. The enemy dead include two European officers and nine natives. Four light machine-guns and some material hax e also been captured. Active patrolling has been carried out on all fronts. A clash between one of our patrols and an enemy patrol on the El Wak road resulted in our capturing one enemy Banda with no loss to ourselves. Enemy aircraft bombed Elyibo on the morning of January 19. but caused no casualties or damage."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 January 1941, Page 6
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121WAR IN KENYA Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 January 1941, Page 6
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