Cairo, June 21.
With conditions in Litya now for the most part again stabilized, atten-Yion''is focussed primarily on the Syrian front, whence come reports of fighting of varying degrees of intense Hy all. along the line "As was thought likely, the steady advance of the Australians along the coast road from Sidon towards Beirut now. meeting with determined Vichy resistance, for the most. part. Delieved to be In the region of the village of Damour, only a short distance from Beirut, There is said {0 be a great deal of machine-gun fire north of Wadi Zeni, While Vichy artillery is stated to be shelling various seciors of the Allied "The position in the Damascus is largely vicinity unchanged, Turks Not to Allow German Passage London, June 21.
It was announced in, London this morning that the British Ambassador in Ankara has received assurances from the Turkish Government that it will never permit the passage either of German troops or war materials through Turkey. The recent pact was designed entirely to facilitate the elimination of war from Turkey-—Reuter.
The German forces that. were rushed {yom Tobril fo stem General Sirvarchioad Wave's latest attack in' ne Western Desert are still cone Canteated in the Sollum area, on the though British and Indian troops, despite sti? opposition, have succeed.
gaining fresh ground—Reuter,
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