Cairo, June 19.
rhe position in. Syria" Is. consider. ed satisfactory int circles usually Well informed.
Vichy reaps raining thrusts round Kuneitra and Mer} Ayoum have been held and ample forees are available to drive them back, "This action Is fact in full swing.
Purther east Allied forces are slow= making their way down foothills ding to the Damascus plain. With the Allied Columns making headway towards the city from various points Is now confirmed that 16 Messerschiitis were destroyed In big British offensive operations over occupied France and the Channel Tuesday, states the Air Ministry news fo the large number Involved, Ht was, necessary to make a cross check of squadron reports to obtain the final result in enemy losses. This. shows that 16 were destroyed—three more then originally announced, Ten Bue ish aleeratt were lost,
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