THE WITHDRAWAL
SOMALILAND FORCES LOSS OF PRESTIGE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE (Omclal Wireless) (Received August 21, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, August 20 The general regret at the evacuation of British Somaliland, summed up in the Times comment that “it represents a distressing setback,” is tempered here by the feeling that, as stated officially last night, the French secession had rendered such a course inevitable. Commenting on the loss of prestige likely to result, the Times says: “Prestige is a highly important factor in the war and it would be as futile to minimise it as to deny the disappointment which will be felt over the abandonment for the time being of British Somaliland. Yet it is bad policy to fight for prestige alone when the principle of economy of force suggests the cutting of losses and concentrating on strength elsewhere.
“From a strategic point of view the Italians gain comparatively little by their capture. The final fate of British Somaliland will be determined not upon its own barren soil but in the theatres of war in which the main struggle is fought out.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21197, 21 August 1940, Page 7
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182THE WITHDRAWAL Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21197, 21 August 1940, Page 7
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