Cairo, Aug. 9.
There has been no further news of Somaliland since yesterday, when the Italians were held at the port of Zeila.
It is considered that the Italians would have considerable difficulty in trying to advance on Berbera, the most important seaport in British Somaliland, from Zeila along the coast, as this route can be bombarded from the sea A communique state the Italians ye halted in their drive aer s Br tish Somaliland.
"As anticipated, enemy column; have halted after capturing Hargeisa, Odweina, and air reconnai reports little movement row places."
The communique also states in th western desert, the frontier is all quiet, but enemy movements, particularly motorized transports, ' continue to be reported.
Apart from an unsuccessful air raid or. Atbara, all was quiet in the Sudan.
Tu the Burao area, and to the east, the situation is reported as normal, and in Kenya and Palestine, there is rething to report.
Any successes achieved by We Italiangas a result of their drive towards the Gulf of Aden count for nothing, it is pointed out here, unless the Suez Canal is captured and the British Navy forced from the Red Sea, which is at present exclusively a British sea route, free from menace by the enemy, despite his long coast-
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