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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 31, 1941:

BRITISH ADVANCING IN MORE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

WITH THE CAPTURE of Derna the Bri- tish and Imperial forces enter an area which

PETAIN SAILORS

is said to have the best climate in all Africa. WALK OUT

From Bomba, where the Italians.had a sea- plane base which they evacuated some days ago, the country starts to change from barren rock and sandy waste to rolling hills on which deep grass grows in Spring, and the town of Derna itself is surrounded by gardens and orchards.

SECRET NAZI FORTUNES

Water is more plentiful than at any place on the route taken by General WavelPs victorious armies,

Stay In England-To

Fight

Two large ships, sent to Britain by the Vichy Gov- ernment to repatriate French sailors and sol- diers, docked in England recently.

up).

As soon as the ships tied more than half the crews walked i down the gang planks with their

belongings and announced WI are bere

It stay here

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a feature which is of the greatest importance the furthe ad- Vance on Benghazi.

On other African fronts, which can no longer be regarded as se- parate on the Lubyan opera- | Ur Wish to Jour tions, British and Imperial torers Gaulle “ rentiaue satisfactory uperations designed to destroy Italian [}- fluence har Eastern Africa

In Eritrea the objective is Agor. Fat, wame the way run up to part Vast Profits Out Of War Atma and then on

of Massaw. I As 101

a Agodat the country a steep rise winch

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but there thousand peet above sea level.

up to Amara

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Classic Example

Par away to the south, with alf re-continue across the

Ethiopia between, patrol activities frontier of Italian Somalilandi.

Remembering similar apparent-

ties

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