IN NORTH AFRICA
BRITISH AIR ATTACK ON CONVOY LARGE SHIP DAMAGED. BIG HAUL OF PRISONERS JIMMA. LONDON. June 23. R.A.F. planes attacked a convoy ■ of enemy merchant ships escorted by destroyers near Tripoli. One ship of about 6,000 tons was badly damaged and bombs fell close to other ships. The capture of Jimma, in Abyssinia, has yielded another 8,000 Italian prisoners. including one corps commander, two divisional commanders and eight brigadiers. A Cairo communique reports no change in the situation in Libya.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 June 1941, Page 5
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82IN NORTH AFRICA Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 June 1941, Page 5
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