BRITISH PATROLS
ACTIVE ON LIBYAN FRONT MUCH USEFUL INFORMATION OBTAINED. SMALL PARTY OVERWHELMED BY ENEMY. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) RUGBY, October 7. A Cairo general headquarters communique states: “On the night of October 5 and throughout yesterday, until a dust storm again interfered with visibility, our patrols were active in all sectors. Much useful information was obtained from two Italian prisoners captured. On each occasion, when contact was made, the enemy hurriedly withdrew, after sustaining casualties. “In the frontier area patrolling is continuing. On the night of October 5 a patrol, returning from a raid deep into enemy territory, was overwhelmed by a party of the enemy in considerable strength, supported by guns. One officer and eight men of other ranks are missing.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 October 1941, Page 5
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