NO OPPOSITION YET

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21222, 19 September 1940, Page 8

NO OPPOSITION YET

ITALIAN ADVANCE IN EGYPT “BURIAL GROUND OF FASCISM” OVER 100 MILES OF DESERT TO CROSS (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 19, 2 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 18 The Italians are moving up, hugging the coastline, and it is reported that they have reached the oasis of Sidiomar, twenty-six miles from Solium, says the British United Press’ correspondent in Cairo. Two columns which have reached Sidi Barrani are reported to comprise light tanks, of which the military authorities have not a high opinion. The troops are comprised of metropolitan forces but no natives. They are strongly supported by artillery mounted on trucks. The Italian water supply is apparently efficient, enabling a rapid advance in spite of the fact that wells in the vicinity have been rendered useless. The Egyptian newspaper, Almisri, says that the Western Egyptian desert is destined to be the burial ground of Fascism. The Italians must cross 400 miles of desert before reaching the River Nile. The Journal de Egypt, says that the Italian advance cannot be described as an attack, since no opposition has yet been offered.