Cairo, Dec. 10.
BRITISH lightning offensive against: Mali us on the broad EX. western Egyptian front as carried by mechanized forces eight miles across the desert No Man's Land in an initial rush yesterday, resulting in the capture of many pr Official statements showed that the British used Royal Air Force bombers which dropped bombs on Bardi, Sidi Barrani and Sollum and harassed enemy troops throughout the day, causing heavy damage to motor transports and enemy personnel.
Two enemy fighters were downed. was recalled that the drive by General Rodolfo Graziani, Cominander of Mahan 'Troops in." Eastern 'Atriea, toward Alexandria, had been stalled' for more. than three months at Sidi Barruni after 2 5-mile penetration from Liby:
IL was learned. unorn entire Italian right wing operating along the coast road toward Mersah Matruh was being threatened by the British thrust,
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