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Directed by Walter Laug quocare Producer Gens Markey • Screen Phng berƐtment Pascal » Additional Dialogue by Walter Bullock
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250 GUNS I POUND 3 DIVISIONS OF AWAY AT BARDIA NAZIS IN ITALY
FROM PAGE ONE
Kassala and inflicted a number casualties on the enemy,
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move-
December 27, 1940.
BRITISH ACTION FROM KENYA
FROM PAGE ONE
arc
in
*** supporting Eritrea, with 20 of lenst
divisions
full Aguedat mechanised accessories. This
tsGallabat. double the number of Russians there There are also large concentrations Italian Incompetence
last summer and early autumn, in the neighbourhood of Addis Ababa.
Threat From Kenya. LONDON, Dec. 20 (Reuter)-Rome
Spring Attack? Radio and the Italian press have been
British and Imperial troops, now Germany's reported troop trying to paint a picture of die hold- ing out of the Bardin' garrison as amunt towards tumanla will require reinforced and fully equipped, herole schlovément and the Itailan about one month according to the lying in walt like a cat watching a It mouse along the whole front, while people are being told
told again and consensus of diplomatie opinion..
for ny-the Italian hold un Abyssinia is also
spring- ngain of the good morale and fighting represents preparations
time positions rather than any Im-threatened by General Cunningham's qualities of the soldiers overseas.
Commentators outside Italy remellate action in the Balkans; how- forces on the Kenya border.
Jas Insido Abyssinia iiseil tribes mark on the ineptitude of this pro-ever, it is strossed the fact that it paganda because it is known both unpossible to do any accurate fore, growing more restless. The flame of inside and outside the country that casting because everything is appar- revolt is being further fanned by the the Italian series of defeats in Alently dependent upon the attitude of RAF, who are incessantly bombing Italian strongholds within sight of Ruszin. bania and the Western Desert is not the fault of the Italian soldiers but to throw their support
Perhaps the Soviets would prefer the discontented tribesmen. of the general direction of Italy's war Turkey and remain aloof from any policy.
towards
direct conflictrisons in Rumuniu
taking the proper military measures and thirty divi
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MR NEIL LANG COLMAN ROGERS
Doll-Conceived -Defences ---
The German Mussolini attacked Greece without are estimated to range between ten divisions but it is admitted to carry out the campaign. Marshal that this is purely guess work. Many Graziani, like the other officers under trains are crossing the country carry- Mussolini, spent three months pre-ing mechanized equipment, artillery paring forti@entions in the Western and accessories · DO It is probably Desert that were so badly conceived | material for a score or more divisions unsurpassed as a raconteur. He wa that they fell like ninepins when the which are already on the ground. on enthusiastle follower of the turf
British attacked.
·
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(and an ardent football fan.
Has Much To Gain
He was a member of St Andrew's Italian Statement
would be Action against Greece
of the Society and the Institute of Engineers ROME, Dec. 20 (Domel)-As the very difficult. at this season battle on the Cyrenalea front con-year; therefore, the springtime theory and Shipbuilders,
favoured among observers here. Ilis death is a great loss to his tinued with undiminished intensity It fas pointed out that Germany, has employers and to the shipping frater- between artillery, the Italian sub- just as much to gain by reaching nity.
Salonika as she would in helping her A single man, the inte, Mr Lang faltering partner. From there, the leaves a brother, who is a chief en Iraq all fields are only a few hours gineer with the Union Steamship Co., bombing-time away.
Mosul end Ltd. of New Zealand, and three sis taku would also be threatened, ters, who are in Scotland.
There is some speculation that German action against Syria is male would have to be made early be- necessary by Italian weakness, cause the torrid summer begins ear-
murine Moceno under the commund of
Captain
Alberto Agostini sank two largo ateamers in the Atlantic while hitting another with torpedo, the Itailan High Command claimed in communique.
Italinn
planes attacked British advanced
dvanced positions heavily bombing them, the communique stated. It also claimed that British mechanized units Action there would necessitate bases ly and operations after May would south of Cyrenaica were "effectively" on the Aegean Sea, and the start; be very difficult. bombed by Italian warplanes.
On the Greck front, Italian forces repulsing Greek attacks at many points captured a number of prisoners wille causing considerable damage to the Greek forces, declared the communique.
Import & Export Figures
Britain During October
LONDON, Dec: 20 (British Wire- tess).-Imports into Britain during] the month of November, states the Board of Trade, reached £72,930,430 compared with £85,095,505 in Delo- ber and £84,042,757 in November
last year.
Figures for food, drink and tobacco were £28,721,000 against £32,007,000 In October and £38,857,000 in November last year.
Exports were £21,660,181 .com- pared with £23,390,911 in October and £37,300,327 in November last! -
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