EGYPT PREPARED
200,000 IN TRAINING TERRORS OF THE DESERT (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) CAIRO, August 10 Abdel Rahman Azzam Bey, commander of Egypt’s territorials, stated in a speech that 200,000 men were in training, and any aggression against Egypt would cost the invader very dear. The Egyptian press choruses a warning to Italy that the desert is a terrible enemy, and a tomb for those who attempt to cross it. The fate which befel Napoleon’s army on the Steppes of Russia, it is claimed, awaits Graziani’s army. The public is warned against rumour-mongering.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21189, 12 August 1940, Page 8
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