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FREE FRENCH OPERATIONS IN DESERT INVASION OF LIBYA FROM CHAD. CONTINUING SUCCESSFULLY. (British Official Wireiess.) . (Received This Day. 11.17 a.mj , RUGBY. February 11. ■ A communique issued from General de Gaulle's headquarters in London states: “Our forces from Chad, supported by our Air Force, are continuing successful operations in Southern Libya. A motorised column under Colonel Leclerc — gained ground by taking several cases in the Koufra area. “On Friday, after a very successful bombing raid carried out by our squadrons, in which they destroyed important objectives and numerous aeroplanes on the ground, an Italian air base was stormed. The enemy suffered heavy losses in men and material. Our operations are still progressing satisfactorily.” Koufra. an important military post, was a base of the first importance fori Italian communications between Libya and Abyssinia. It is also the religious centre of a great Mohammedan sect. Six hundred miles of desert separate Koufra from the Chad frontier and the desert, in this part of the Sahara, is exceptionally difficult for operations.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 February 1941, Page 5
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