Cairo, Feb, 7.
British forces yesterday continued to press the Italians on four African fronts, while the kd. F. hammered away at military objectives in northern Libya.
The British were reported to b. closing in on Benghazi, Italian hea quarters in Libya, Cheren, strategic Eritrean railway station village, Gendar, important Ethiopian centre, and points well into Italian Somaliland.
In {he Somaliland campaign, the British have taken about 1,500 prisoners, mostly Italians, and military material of all descriptions," the General Headquarters communique reported.
"In Eritrea, our forces now are closing in on strongly held Italian positions about Cheren. To the south in Eritrea Itslian forces which had withdrawn from Barentu, important town captured several days ago, were being vigorously pressed, the communique reported.
The British drive against Benghazi was regressing satisfactorily," G. H. Q. stated.
The RAF. on Tuesday night raided the aerodromes at Benina, Berka and Maritza (Rhodes), the R.A.F. communique reported.
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