STAND BY ENEMY
DEFENCE OF DEEP RAVINE IN AREA WEST OF DERNA. ATTEMPT TO GAIN TIME (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright> LONDON, January 31. Italians, numbering about 6000, are taking advantage of an 800-foot deep ravine to the west of Derna to try and halt the British coastal drive. The Italians are lined along the western rim of the ravine, which runs seaward from 17 miles inland. Several skirmishes have occurred between infantry patrols. Artillery is .active on both sides, the British artillery being greatly superior to that of the Italians, who are almost cut off from supplies from the rear. The Italians' mam objective appears to be to gain time for the organisation of th'-ir defences more to tin- rear.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 February 1941, Page 5
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119STAND BY ENEMY Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 February 1941, Page 5
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