The situation behind the German forward units is so disorganized owing to the speed of the advance that a number of British prisoners were able to escape with ease, Two British emeers pretending to unload their kits from a lorry seized the Vehicle under the noses of the Italians guarding them and drove off in the teeth of a sand storm. They reached Tobruk ahead of the German forees and gave the warning that the British ud retreated from Mechill, 'A British colonel likewise seized a staff ear and set off for Tobruk. The ear broke down 20 miles from the post and he walked the rest of the British forces en route to Gimma have reached the river Amo 106 miles south-west of Addis Ababa, states sin official communique from Nairobi. Having bridged the Awash river a column moving south from Adama has occupied Aselle without opposition, "Large quantities of "material taken at Addis Ababa include sur veying equipment valued at £10,000, Twenty German and two Ttalian aircraft were shot down, in the To-rule area on Monday. Two British Qghter squadrons are mainly responsible for this success, announced an RAF. communique, When several formations of enemy planes attempt ed to raid a British Libyan outpost ight Junkers "dive-bombers wore shot down by one squadron and four more by anti-airerafy fire, In the same area another squadron shot down a Heinkel, two Italian fighters and seven twin-engined Junkers bombers.
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