Chungking, June 17.
The American Ambassador, Mr. Clarence Gauss, was in the American Embassy dugout at the time of the raid on Sunday when bombs landed as close as 75 feet from the shelter. The Ambassador was somewhat shaken but uninjured—Reuter, Nazis Building Fortifications London, June 17.
Over 20,000 Flemish workmen have been sent by the Germans to Northern France reports the Free Belgian radio at Leopoldville.
They are being forced work on fortifications which the. Germans are building on the coast.—Reuter. also on top of the escarpment west of Halfaya.
It is emphasized that the offensive joes not mean a large-scale offensive—the present battle is just a continua-on of the ding-dong struggle progressing ever since the retreat from Benghazi.
There was little opposition to the Allied move south of the escarpment:
al fighting began when troops entered the comparatively limited area of desert round Halfaya, which is the main scene of the present operations.
The main point is that while the recent fighting was east of Halfaya, the present encounter is to the west, but it is early yet to say what developments will follow the thrust.
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