A recent raid into Italian Libya by a free French force is the subject of communique istled yesterday by General Charles ce Gaulle's headquarters in London, The communi que star "In the course of January elements our troops in Chad, acting under the command of General de Larminat, curried out a cloop raid into Italian Libya in the region of Fezzan. Our troops reached and destroyed a base fat Murznk and attacked a. post at Gatrun, inflating on the enemy sor~ fous losses in men and material.
Several Italian planes wore destroy= fed on the ground"
The announcement adds that General de Gaulle. has conferred the Cross de Lordre de la Libération posthumously upon Lieut=Col. Dor hano, commander of a detachment, who was killed at Murzak—Reuter.
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