WAR IN AFRICA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 February 1941, Page 6

WAR IN AFRICA

I BRITISH PROGRESS ON ALL FRONTS I — POSITION IN ERITREA. ! PURSUIT OR. DISORGANSED ENEMY. i British Official Wireless, i (Received This Day. 11.31 a.m.) RUGBY. February 9. A Cairo communique states: “Advani ced elements of armoured forces in j Libya have occupied El Agaila. Meanwhile the clearance of the battlefields south of Benghazi is continuing. “In addition to the anny commander and corps commander already reported as captured, five other senior generals and many thousands of prisoners have been taken. Owing to the extent of the area covered by the final operations. it will be some time before the exact numbers of prisoners and amount of war materials can be assessed. “In Eritrea, although the enemy has | reinforced his troops holding positions j about Keren, our operations in this area continue to develop satisfactorily. Further south we remain in close pursuut of the disorganised Italian forces which are making their way.over difficult country towards Arreza. In Abyssinia, our progress along the Gondar Road has been temporarily slowed up by extensive minefields, i which are now being cleared. “Intensive patrol activity in Italian I Somaliland has still further deepened I the areas of our penetration.”