Cairo, Sept. 18.
NGLO-EGYPTIAN military talks, designed to reach an agreement on the role the Egyptian Army is to play in combatting the Italian invasion of Egypt, began here last night as a half million Italian troops continued their drive toward Alexandria and Cairo.
The Egyptian Minister of National Defence, Mahmud Fahmy el Kissy Pasha, and senior British and Egyptian army officers are participating in the military talks.
Egypt's recently expanded army of 873 officers and 24,041 men is under
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