Authoritative quarters consider that recent rumours of some Vichy roln= forcements reaching Syria are largely only propaganda intended to bolster the moral of the troops and to impress the local populace, "Pending agreement on the armistice ers, it is emphasized here that the hostilities. will continue.
Authoritative military circles in Cairo, meanwhile, state that the Allied advance towards Aleppo, which has already covered, some 9)' miles from Delr Ex Zor. "is getting alone Quite well" white "very good pro= fares has been made towards Horns. Where our forees dre now. within striking distance" of" the town."—Reuter, Tripoli Bombed Cairo, July 10.
Railway sidings and warehouses near the harbour of Tripoli. in Syria, were directly hit by heavy bombs whicn the RA.P, continued attacks on Vichy objectives In Syria yesterday, ccording to a communi ave Issued Aircraft of the Australian air force fre also Feported to have. caused heavy damage by machine-gunning Vichy armoured vehicles near Beirut, On the night of July 7-8, It is added bombers heavily attacked and dam: ged planes at Aleppo and Nasrullah.
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