Continuing their series of operations which have repulsed a German fivespointed thrust and fung them back to their original positions, Brit-(reaps, consisting of infantry with mechanized vehicles, have ejected the enemy from Sollum. Musald, which fs upper Sollum village on top of an escarpment, and Musaid Pass, Six or seven miles south-east of Sol: um, both points of strategic import-
No details of prisoners or casualties desertions, particularly among native levies and troops, are reported.
'The capture of Musaid village, though only a limited operation, is Indeed praiseworthy "because, of, the clark grey cliffs rising sharply from 'Sollum. which' offer the' grea fest advantages to forces defend Museid from an attack from the difeclon of Sollum.
Tig billiard table escarpment top provides defending forces with a per-feet artillery platform, enabling them see the al lacking forces and harass them in' the plain. below.
Rritishers steeled in years of hard "The British have advanced their ines in the Tobruke defence area, learned in London, in Abyssinia, British troops have arrived at Addla, $0 miles to the north of Seghelli, where they found 80 men who had deserted from enemy forces—Reuter.
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