An "Itty" Commando
. FIASCO IN EGYPT Fourteen Italians armed with tommyguns, sacks of dynamite and grenades, landed on the Egyptian coast at night from a rubber boat, and tried to blow up the British railway lines running to the front. They failed. After that they met, four British soldiers armed only with automatic pistols and meekly raised their hands above' their heads and surrendered. Thus failed one of the very feu .“Commando” raids that the Italians have ever attempted. After they had landed they reached the railway tracks and laid their charges of dynamite and then waited for results. Four army trains rolled over the spot where the charges had been placed and kept on rolling. Nothing happened. Apparently the Italians ’ hands must have been shaking a little too much when they laid the I charges.
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Observation Post, Volume 1, Issue 26, 13 November 1942, Page 3
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136An "Itty" Commando Observation Post, Volume 1, Issue 26, 13 November 1942, Page 3
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