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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 18, 1940. ̈.

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On Sollum

(By Reuter's Special Correspondent in the Western Desert, Now in Sollum).

BRITISH INFANTRY WERE YESTERDAY PREPARING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BIG PUSH ACROSS THE FRONTIER INTO LIBYA THEY WERE WEARY BUT TRIUMPHANT WHEN THEY OCCUPIED SOLLUM ON MONDAY AFTER DAYS OF CHASING THE ITALIANS RIGHT OUT OF EGYPTIAN TERRITORY.

Sollum is only a tiny port, surrounded by] a few white houses. Above the port is Upper Sollum, main feature of which is a large bar- racks belonging to the Egyptian army but long ago blown to pieces by British bombardments| while the Italians were în occupation.

With a little group of British correspondents | and one American, I have spent the last few days watching the final stages of our assault on Sollum, the tactics for which were just as well thought out| as those at other points in the present campaign. Sollum was first imperilled a A hail of fire was poured into week ago when the British the defenders of Sollum by the armoured division, after dealing British tanks, while the R.A.F. with a whole series of other ob- continued their incessant bomb- jectives, came smashing through | ings. Bug Bug from Sid! Barrani so quickly that the whole Catanzaro Division, under General Giuseppe Amico, which had been happily en route to Sidi Barrani on nor- mal relief duty, believing the war was miles away, was taken com- pletely by surprise.

Division Taken Prisoner

Majority of its men were taken prisoner and nearly all its ma- terial was left strewn along the

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A slight check to the British forces occurred when the tanks became bogged in salt fields outside Sollum but this did not seriously hamper our offensive operations.

The British tanks dashed on to occupy coastal territory beyond Bardia, 30 miles or more inside Libya.

Sollum Contained

While they did so, an infantry These British tanks swept uptions not to attack Sollum direct- brigade moved up with instruc-

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By Sunday, the defenders Sollum, alarmed at their pre- carious position, had moved up to the top of the escarpment, blow- ing up the road leading from Lower to Upper Sollum.

The British Infantry pressed in on Sollum despite fire from the escarpment and occupied Lower Sollum without heavy casualties by Monday morning, and by the same afternoon the Italians on the escarpment had given up.

TOO CLEVER A.R.P.

A London business man who values his sleep has lately de- clined to fol- low his wife and fami- ly to the safety and discomfort of their air-raid shelter. He has made his bed nightly under the dining-room table. With the sideboard on one side and the wall on the other, he con- sidered he had good enough protection against the collapse of his house.

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completed on Monday at Bug Bug, 12,000 have already.

where over

All arrangements to receive the been fed and watered before pass- fresh prisoners from Sollum were 'ing on. - Reuter:

PRESSURE ON BARDIA GRADUALLY INCREASING

©FIGHTING IS NOW going on in the Bar- dia area, where our pressure is increasing steadily as new troops arrive on the scene, said a Cairo communique issued yesterday evening.

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communique said that in addition to Sollum and Fort Capuzzo, several other im- portant Italian posts had been taken.

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On Monday night, Australian It is believed in London military ́troops (successfully engaged. an circles that, the original idea be- enemy column by moonlight, cap~ | hind sending troops into Libya en turing transport and guns.

In Northern Kenya, the end of the Italian side of Sollum was to the rainy season has enabled us see that the Italian garrison at to resume offensive patrolling on Bardia did not interfere with the a considerable scale.

In the Sudan, the position is unchanged, the communique con- cluded.

In London, it is emphasised that the British forces are now over | 150 miles from, their rollhead and this must be borie in mind when Considering" Zuture operations:

uction which led to the capture of Sollum and Fort Capuzzo,

The character of the operatigna now seems to have changed, as yesterday evening's communique, mentions reinforcements", alriving there and an increase in pressure.

Reuter,