Cairo, May 17.
At least 200 Htalo-German vehicles were rendered unserviceable during the last 24 hours as Royal Air Force planes swooped on Italo-German troops and mechanized units to ald the British ground forees to recapture Sollum, it was officially announced ere last night, 'The RAF. played a prominent role in the Feeapture of the Egyptian border city, carrying out @ system tle and thorough attacks of German and Italian Aroops, tanks and armoured cars from the west to as far' as Eladem on. the south and Tobruk on the coast, the announce. ment sald—United Press,
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