ITALIAN ADVANCE
ENTRANCE INTO ZEILA BRITISH POST OCCUPIED MANY CAMELS CAPTURED (United rreee Ann.—Elec. Tei. Copyright) (Received August 9, 11 a.m.) ROME, Aug. 8 It is reliably reported that the Italian vanguard entered Zeila Just after dawn, followed shortly by the main forces. The Italian flag was immediately, hoised at the house of the British agent, the only European strucbgre in the town, the remaining ones insisting mostly of small native tukuls, made of driftwood, mud and gasoline tins. Thousands of camels were captured.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21187, 9 August 1940, Page 5
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84ITALIAN ADVANCE Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21187, 9 August 1940, Page 5
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