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KEPT GOING

RAIDS BY THE TOBRUK GARRISON SEVERE LOSSES INFLICTED ON ENEMY. FEW CASUALTIES SUFFERED BY OUR TROOPS. LONDON. July 21. The Tobruk garrison, according to a Cairo communique, made a series of raids on Saturday night which were as remarkable for their success as for the small number of casualties suffered by our troops. Severe losses were inflicted on the enemy. The occupation of Northern Syria is almost completed, states a Cairo communique. Germans, and Italians are being rounded up. MORAL SUPERIORITY OBTAINED OVER ENEMY. AGGRESSIVE AND ROBUST TACTICS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) RUGBY. July 21. The fact that the British forces at Tobruk have, by frequent recent raids, attained moral superiority over the enemy is emphasised in a Middle East communique from Cairo headquarters, which states: "During the night of July 19 British and Indian patrols again carried out a series of raids, i which are as remarkable for the success attained as for the scarcity of casualties sustained by our troops. Several enemy strong points around Tobruk were attacked. In one of them serious losses were inflicted upon the enemy before our patrol withdrew. In another area an Indian patrol was attacked by the enemy in force. Our patrol immediate counter-attacked with a bayonet charge, inflicting many casualties and forcing the enemy to retire in disorder. This patrol, which acted throughout with the greatest gallantry, finally withdrew without the loss of a man. It is evident that our forces in Tobruk, by their aggressive spirit and robust tactics, have obtained a complete moral superiority over the Axis forces confronting them. "There is no change in the situation in Abyssinia.”

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 July 1941, Page 5

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Tapeke kupu
276

KEPT GOING Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 July 1941, Page 5

KEPT GOING Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 July 1941, Page 5

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