London, Aug. 7.
The vigilance of the British Navy. is believed here to have caused Rome to decide to Jaunch a combined offensive from both Abyssinia and Libya at once.
The allans realize the difficulty of maintaining their military estab~ Tishments in these areas, and are determined to launch "an attack before their overseas forces are weakened by their British blockade.
Although there are approximately 2 quarter of a million Italian troops jin Libya, only a comparatively small percentage of these are available for actual fighting, owing to the fact Wismar, Kiel and Hamburg," states! the Air Ministry ina communique issued last night.
"Goods-yards at Hamm and the aerodromes of Schipol (at Amster-and Borkum Cone of the East Frisian Islands) were also damaged.
"AIL our aircraft returned safely."
'The Ministry of Home Security announces during the night enemy] aircraft dropped incendiary bombs fu two districts of Scotland. More leaflets giving Herr Hitler's' recent Reichstag speech and a small number of bombs also fell in the Channel area. Damage was negligible. There were no casualties.
Two British Trawlers Sunk The Grimsby trawlers Drummer land Oswaldian (297 and 201 tons respectively) have been sunk by enemy mines, slates the Admiralty.
Announcing casualties in His Majesty's trawlers Campina (Grimsby, 269 tons) and Crestfower (Grimsby, 367 tons), the Admiralty. states one officer and ten. ratings were killed and three ratings wounded in the Campina, while two ratings were kill-fed and one officer and five ratings wounded in the Crestflower.
Loss of the two trawlers had already been announced—Reuter, London, Aug. 7 The invention of a powder, which will extinguish incendiary bombs in. two minutes, and which is produced from materials available in. Britain large quantities, and can be manufactured in bulk, was tested yesterday in the presence of an Home Omice 'A steel container filled with thermite was put out in 32 seconds when treated with the powder ten seconds after it had ignited, and an incendiary bomb was dealt with in a minute and halt.
The powder will be available at something less than Gd. a pound—Reuter. that an advance across the water Toss desert necessitates an abnormal number of men being detailed for the maintenance "of fines "of eom-
The shortening of British lines of communication has resulted in. the release of a large number of British troops for fighting purposes. Thus, as the enemy advances, the British Position will become stronger.
"The news of Italian troop concentrations on the Egyptian frontier has; caused no alarm among the Egyptian population, since confidence in the Brilish forces has been steadily increasing since the outbreak of the war—Reuter.
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