LIVELY COMBAT
BRITISH AND ITALIAN FORCES EGYPTIAN BORDER CROSSED < Uni led Press Asn.—Elcc. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 16, 3.15 p.m.) ROME, Sept. 15 A communique states: Italian advance forces crossed the EgyptianCyrenaican border and engaged the enemy in a lively combat. Our planes bombed and machinegunned the enemy from a low altitude. Two Blenheims were shot down. We made a night raid on the arsenal at Valetta and the hydroplane base at Calaframe, in Malta, scoring direct hits. We also bombed enemy naval formations in the Eastern Mediterranean. Italian planes bombed a 10,000-ton British cruiser in the Indian Ocean. The cruiser was seen to proceed slowly, listing heavily. The British raided the entire sector between Asmara and Adiguri without result. They dropped incendiary bombs. A plantation was slightly damaged.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21219, 16 September 1940, Page 8
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129LIVELY COMBAT Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21219, 16 September 1940, Page 8
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