Cairo, June 5.
Unexpected, bitter resistance by Italian forces still fighting in Abysnia was acknowledged by the British General Headquarters yesterday which revealed for the first time that Italian forces had twice recaptured Debarech from the occupying British end "patriot" forces.
The communique said that dlthough Debarech, "which has been the scene of stern fighting," had been retaken twice by the Italians "the town now remail in our hands" pipelines to Palestine and Syria where the Germans are already The "patriot forces" engaged in battle were commanded by British penetrating, In order to reach Mosul, the advancing British columns must have occupied Syitha, where the lines branch toward Balji and cross the Tigris river into Kirkuk, But if the damage at. Kirkuk has been on a big scale, this may prove to be a serious blow to Britain and her Mediterranean fleet, it was admitted in London,
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