Cairo, Jan. 9.
So far there have been no signs of an Italian attempt to evacuate Tobruk, the military spokesman said yesterday, "The Tobruk garrison was, be-Heved not as strong as the forces at Bardia, where there were approximately' 40,000, "Concentration of our forees in the Tobruk aren is continuing," the General Headquarters communique said.
"Total British and." Australian casualties, including captured, was 600. Active patrolling continues on the frontiers of Sudan and Kenya."
'A further communique said that Gen, Hannibal Berganzoli, who com~ manded the Italians at Bardia, and other officers were "still missing," although the search was being continued,
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