Cairo, Feb. 17, Having gained virtual air supremacy over Italian Somaliland, the South African air force continues to hammer away at the retreating Italians with remorseless energy.
Aircraft which the previous day harassed the Italians in the Jelib Amo river area yesterday machine-gunned motor transport vehicles between captured Kismayu' and the next big port of Mogadiscio as well as a number of grounded Italian aircraft, These attacks' followed equally successful operations during the weekend between Gobwen (Italian Somali-and) and Jumbo and also on the "Morea-Bardera road, and continue the tale of punishment preceding the capture of Afmadu and Kismayu.
British troops facing the enemy at Atmadu, Bardera and near Kismayu were greatly heartened by the fierce aerial onslaught, The accuracy of the South Africans' bombing and machine-gunning Wis conttmed: by subsequent inspoclon.
in Abyssinia yesterday a large motor transport park at Dessie was successfully attacked from the air, while in Eritrea the R.A.F, continued to attack enemy troops concentrations, motor transport and other military objectives. Hangars and workshops at Mai Adaga were bombed, and a number of fires and explosions caused, Two aircraft failed to return from the operations over Rhodes, Albania and Italian East Africa,
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