Bordeaux, June 20, French troops in northern Africa made contact on Tuesday with italian dispositions in the region of Nalut and south of Jeble Nefusa, on the Tunisian-Libyan border, says an Algiers dispatch of a semiofficial French news agency.
Since Italy's entry into the war, it declares, the French Air Force in Africa has been very active, making reconnaissance flights deep into Italian territory, Among bombing operations carried out in reprisal for Italian raids on Tunis and the naval base of Bizerta, two successful raids have been made on the ports of Tripoli (Libya) and Cagliari (Sardinia), All French "planes returned safely.
Italian raids on French territory, it is added, have met with little success, At sea, two French patrol vessels are said to have attacked and destroyed an Italian submarine. Reuter,
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