Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-15 | Page 2 | British Seize African Port

BRITISH SEIZE AFRICAN AFRICA PORT ROME RO Feb 15 IS UP Italy UP-Italy Italy claimed a British reverse in the Keren sector of Eritrea Entree and re reported reported xe- xe ported violent fighting in progress progress progress ress In southern Italian Somali Somali- land CAIRO Feb 15 UP UP The The BritIsh BritIsh British Brit Brit- ish middle east command reported Saturday that South African troops in a slashing offensive into Italian have occupied the Important Important important im Im- Im- Im port of second largest In the colony The maneuver placed the British column on the Indian ocean miles south of the capital of ot Italian with which it is linked by a good coastal road At the same time British forces on the Libyan Ethiopian and Eri- Eri trean mean fronts smashed against weakening weakening weak weak- ening Italian resistance The capture of opened up the possibility of a British drive up the coast which If Jf successful would place all Italian in British hands The middle east command reported re- re ported that South African troops had lad captured guns armored vehicles vehicles cles des and prisoners at pt t The South African air force and the royal navy the said cooperated with the land troops who cut across Italian So So- in a mile dash from Kenya The high command reported that thai thata thaia a count of war materials captured in the battle south of showed that field guns two heavy antiaircraft guns and 20 light antiaircraft guns fell into British hands A drive by British troops into Ethiopia in the Blue Nile region also was reported The said that units from the Sudan had occupied and andI I had routed an Italian detachment southwest of Inflicting many I