continued, had undertaken a joint enterprise which was best conducted with as much personal contact as possible, hence his visit to Britian. There was a possibility that he would return via the United States, added.
Deferring to the Italian defeats in [Libya, Mr. Menzies said he was [puzzled to reconcile the Italian expen-
Daylight Raid Over Holland London, Feb. 21, A British plane made a daylight raid on the docks of Ijmulden in occupied Holland yesterday, causing large fires on the quayside.
Night activities of the RAF. were confined to offensive patrols over certain aerodromes in Northern France, states the British Air Ministry Communi que. From these operations no British aircraft are missing—Reuter. diture of so much time, money and skill in that country with their reluetance to defend it.
It was extraordinary that 12 Italian divisions had been rolled back by a mere handful of Imperial troops, and had abandoned war and other material wholesale, He mentioned that the only damage Benghazi had sustained was from German bombers—Reuter.
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