RAIDS AT TOBRUK
ENEMY DRIVEN OUT OF STRONG POINTS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, October 4. The communique issued today in Cairo by British General Headquarters in the Middle East states- that- at Tobruk, under cover of artillery fire, Imperial patrols yesterday carried out several successful raids. In the eastern sector the enemy was forced to evacuate strong points while in another sector our patrols destroyed enemy dumps of ammunition. In other areas considerable casualties were also inflicted on the enemy. The enemy retaliated later with heavy machine-gun fire, but this was rapidly silenced by our artillery and mortars.
In the .frontier area enemy patrols were engaged and driven back.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 October 1941, Page 5
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