FIGHTING REPORTED
ALLIES NOT IN DAMASCUS YET OPPOSITION AT SOME POINTS. ADVANCE NOT “BLITZKRIEG” WARFARE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) RUGBY, June 11. The latest information available in London shows that Free French forces in Syria are encountering resistance, at a point some ,miles south of Damascus and it is thought unlikely that Damascus had been entered' by the Allied forces. Fighting is taking place in the centre of Merdjayoum, while on the left considerable resistance was made to the crossing of the River Litani, north of which the Allied troops yesterday advanced some miles. It is confirmed that some troops have been landed from the sea and have encountered stiff opposition. It appears that there is a crust of resistance varying in strength at different points, but it is not known how thick it is. The entry into Syria must not be considered “Blitzgreig” warfare, where the troops advance at any sacrifice for the sake of speed. Some hundreds of the Vichy forces are in Allied hands.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 June 1941, Page 5
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171FIGHTING REPORTED Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 June 1941, Page 5
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