The Archive · 1941

British Forces Cover 150 Miles In One Week

London, Feb. 7.

ENGHAZI, Marshal Rodolfo Graziani's last stronghold and most important base in Cyrenaica, has been captured by British troops, it was officially announced this morning.

No details of the attack are available, but military circles in London state that heavy sandstorms had been prevailing in the Benghazi area.

Benghazi has a population of 35,000, including a considerable number of Maltese, Greeks, Italians and Jews.

The town is clean and well built, and possesses a fine bazaar, several mosques and synagogues.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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