FIGHTING IN AFRICA

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21225, 23 September 1940, Page 8

FIGHTING IN AFRICA

MORE BRITISH RAIDS DAMAGE AT AERODROME ENEMY PLANES DESTROYED (Official Wireless) (Received Sept. 23, 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 22 A Cairo communique states: On Saturday morning Alexandria was bombed by enemy aircraft, causing negligible damage and very few casualties. Enemy aircraft again raided Haifa on Saturday afternoon. Bombs were dropped on various quarters of the town, causing a certain amount of damage, including a mosque and a Moslem cemetery. Thirty-two people were killed a'nd eighteen injured, all Arabs. It is believed that at least two enemy aeroplanes were hit by antiaircraft fire. On other fronts there is nothing to report. A Royal Air Force communique issued at Cairo states: A series of reconnaissance flights was carried out by the Royal Air Force on Saturday ever enemy territory in the western desert. Valuable information was obtained. At Sidi Barrani our bombers raided an aerodrome and troop positions. Bombs burst among the aerodrome buildings close to a group of three enemy fighters. Direct hits were registered on a supply dump. All our aircraft returned safely. In South Africa, South African Air Force aircraft attacked Birkao. Buildings were bombed and several fires started. A small factory was damaged, seventy per cent of its buildings being gutted. Royal Air Force bombers, operating from the Sudan, raided the Tessenei aerodrome. One enemy aircraft, a Caproni 133, was badly damaged by a near miss. An enemy bomber attempted to raid Aden on Saturday, but was driven off. Another was treated in similar fashion shortly afterwards. No damage was done.