Cairo, Aug. 4 Ju connection with casualties in Libyan fighting since the beginning of the war, announced in London as 20 British killed and missing and 10 wounded, 20 Italians killed, 20 wounded and 472 captured, General Headquarters for the Middle East now states the figure of 20 Italians killed represents only those Italians buried by the British while 20 Italian wounded represents only those captured and wounded.
The statement adds that the number of Italian prisoners is 818. It continues: "The total number of enemy killed and wounded now runs into many hundreds. The Italians" costly adventure in reoccupying Fort Capüzzo also exposed them to heavy casualties in men, guns, tanks, vehicles and materíal of all kinds.
"Ground and air observers have anal reported large numbers of dead lying unburied around enemy positions. Derelict tanks of motorized transport can be seen on all sides and prisoners confirm that hospitals are full of wounded. Reuter.
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