The capture yesterday of Sollum and Fort Capuzzo followed three lays of cree fighting, The stiffest Five Hits Scored on Rome Warships engagement took place at "Hell Fire" bath, where the coastal road winds off from Sollum to Libyan territory, One report states that the Italians defending the path were wiped out. A jumper of aircraft there fell Into ritish hands, There as in the Western Deseri, the amount of supplies and war material captured proved to be very large.
It ig rovenied that the Commander of the British Division which took Sollum is Major-General Craye, aged it Is too carly for correspondents the British forces to report details of the great thrust to Libya, but an Australian cameraman from' the Australian forees in the Near East. Captain Frank Hure, has described the effects of the smashing blows dealt by the imperial forces in the Western Desert, Cairo, Dee. 17
Five direct hits were made on concentration of cruisers and destroy ers, resulting in four Large explosions. during a heavy and successful raid by RA.P. long-range bombers on Naples_on Siturday night, states a communique from RAP, headquar= tors in the Middle East Bombs burst on a jetty where two battleships were moored, causing fires. One British sireratt dropped an entire Hwoinb and. clove (ea. battleship.
"AL the same tin, "an aerodrome at Naples wns raided and res wore Started, The railway station and junctions were atineked, resulting in three large explosions followed by a number of fires. AN British alreratt returned safely.
Captain Mure, who followed just. behind the advance, reported that his party rode for 20 miles from its base without seeing a single soldier, The first information that a battle was in progress came when a camp full of Libyan prisoners was found, There it was learned that the Captain of the British soldiers in charge was giving the prisoners water from an old well, The Libyans had had no water for three days,
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