Madrid, Feb. 21.
German troops today entered Spain efter the, Foreign Minister, Sr. Serrano Suner, had accepted the German Ambassador's offer' to cooperate with the Spanish authorities urgent matters, "The troops comprise five technicd and field hospital detachments, from the German Army of Occupation in France and they. will ald in the re~ construction of Santender.
Santander was recently partially destroyed by 3 huge fire which was the result of a terrible storm last The hurricane blew high tension wire on an all tanker which was set on fire. The high wind spread the flames which destroyed one third of the town before they were brought under control. Half of the city's population of 65,000 was made home. fess Jby the "terrible fire—United Cairo, Feb, 21 The River Juba in Mahan Somaliland has again been successfully forded by "British troops north of the original crossing. This is. onnounced in a British Headquarters communique which adds that opera~ tions from both of these bridgeheads are developing satisfactorily, On the Eritrea front 47 Italian officers including one brigade commander. 698 other Italian ranks and 5576 colonial troops have been cap tured between Jan. 20 and Feb, 20. In addition many prisoners have been taken in the Blue Nile, Upper Nile and Gojjam areas. Captured or destroyed in a recent battle south of Benghazi were 107 medium Italian tanks. A check of other war ma-ferial taken over this extensive battle area is continuing, Seven Mahan Aighter planes were! Jshot down yesterday when Befati and Tepelini were raided by RAF. bombrs escorted by fighters according to an RAF. Middle East communique which says the RAF. was very tive over Albanian territory. A par-Hleularly heavy raid was made on Berati where barracks were badly, damaged and a number of fires start-plosions. ed, Two fires were followed by ex-
Benghazi was raided yesterday but no casualties resulted and damage was very slight. One plane was shot With the East African Force on the Juba River, Feb, 21.
A striking order of the day' wa issued by Lieut.-Gen, A. G. Cun-bingham, Genvral Officer Command ing the East African Imperial Force, fon the eve of the successful Juba Jan operations. "Hit them, hi them hard and hit them—again, said the General, and the troops took the exhortation to heart Following the capture last Friday by South African infantry of the important Iallan post and aerodrome st the mouth of the Juba River, the enemy is now virtually expelled from Jubaland.
Lieut.-Gen, Cunningham's order} added: "The victory of Imperial troops farther north has filled us East Africa with pride and excited thought, No doubt the inaefive period has touched us with envy and there has been a strong desire to emulate their achievement. The chance has now come. This force is not a whit behind in courage and endurance, We send 1o the South African and' West African' troops participating in the operations 'a message of good luck,"—Reuter.
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