Evening Post - 29.01.1941, Blaðsíða 1

EVENING EDITION OF DAILY POST
EVENING POST
I — 1 Wednesday, Jan. 29th, 1941 Price: 15 aurar
Adventnrous French raid on Mnrznk.
London, 11 a. m. to-day.
The Italian base at Murzuk, 450
miles inland from the Mediterranean
coast has been raided hy a Free French
camel corps, partly equipped with ar-
moured vehicles. The raiders had not
heen spotted by Italian planes al-
though they had travelled for days to
get at the town, and the Italian garri-
son af 500 fled to a fort in the centre
of the town and remained there while
the French destroyed landing grounds,
hangars, stores, huildings, aeroplanes
and motor cars. When dark fell the
French went away with some pri-
soners having destroyed everything of
military value. They sustained very
small losses but their leader, a lieu-
tenant-colonel, was hit by a stray
bullet and killed.
The Italian forces in Africa are being
hard pressed on all fronts. The R.A.F. have
raided Apollonia 60 miles beyond Derna.
Operations in Libya continue satisfac-
torily. In Eritrea the British troops are
steadily closing in on Agurdat. Over 1200
Italian have so far been captured in the
Eritrean campaign.
The Australian Minister of War has
announced that the Australian casualties
at Bardia and Tobruk did not exceed 300.
Unconfirmed reports of riots in Italy
continue to come in from the Balkans and
America. According to these reports 200
Italians had been killed in a riot in a
town in North Italy. At another place the
mob had attacked 3 German officers at
the railway station. The officers had fired
their pistols point-blank at the crowd and
killed 2 persons. One officer was severely
injured. Fascist police has fired at the
crowds in many places killing and wound-
ing numerous people.
The Fascist propaganda ministry has
organised workers demonstrations in Mil-
an and other big towns in Italy. The work-
ers are ordered to march through the
streets shouting Mussolinis name.
FIERCE FIGHTING IN ALBANIA-
The Greek communiqué reports fierce
local fighting all along the Albanian
front. The Italians are still trying counter
attacks using tanks, flamethrowers, and
other formidable weapons but the only
result has been a copious shedding of It-
alian blood.
Yesterday a military hospital in Sal-
oniki was bombed and some villages in
Macedonia.
DEATH OF GENERAL
METAXAS.
The Greek Prime Minister,
General I. Metaxas, died last
night. He was horn in 1872 and
became Prime Minister in 1936.
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