The Archive · 1940

Mr, Churchill's Speech Broadcast in Moscow

Melbourne, June 19.

The speech delivered in London yesterday by Mr, Winston Ci chill, the British Prime Minister, was broadcast in full by Moscow Radio, the British Radio service here announced today, The broad east took the place of the usual Russian nows (vansmission, It was the first time that the speech of a British publi official was broad east from Moscow.—Havas, ttalian Column Put To Rout by British Cairo, June 19.

14 is officially stated that an Mahan transport column escorted by light tanks was routed by a British arm-cured unit on Monday, Tt is believed between 29 and 30" Tatians were Killed, Some prisoners were taken. There were no British casualties, It was estimated the Italian column included four yuns, and 300 infantry men in vehicles. Superior armament of the British tanks, it is stated, so Gemoralized the enemy that some troap- jumped from the tanks, with I is officially stated that tack: of fesalts by the Italians in the action was due to the deterrent effect of feraft batteries of the Ezrptian Reuter,

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