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Division IV Strictly confidential! No longer for the personal JE group radio broadcasting and Helldienst. Use of service! Jn own responsibility 286 1 40. to destroy! Test No. ( § 353 c RSTGB ). t.a.d. 1.4n0 Reports of 17 December 1940. Lo n do n - English. Officially it is announced in London that the brit. Armed forces in the western desert of Sollum in Egypt and Fort Kapruzzo in Libya. In 8 days the Jtalians suffered great losses of prisoners and material and they were driven from Egypt, where they had been preparing for an offensive since September. At Soliui, the Jtaliians have resisted bitterly. l4o km rejuvenated and the British forces are in an attack position against Bardia, which is about 2o km from the Egyptian border. The sandstorm in the desert was replaced by heavy rains, which hinder the operations, but military rapporteurs point out that the bad weather in this area usually lasts only about 3 days. The planned destruction of enemy engines. Forces is continued by the RAF. This hinders the Jtaliens, the urgently nötogen reinforcements. Prisoners of war continue to arrive in large cities in Egypt. A reporter noted that he had passed a prisoner transport which was 4 km long. The last units of Granziani's army were now driven out of Egypt and the British troops won their first great victory. in Libya. The Jtalians had strongly fortified Sollum and Fort Kapruzzo and fought desperately to keep them in their Beaitz. Also on the border of Sudan the British scout troops continued to succeed. The RAF seized a number of ital. The last Greek army report reports: On various parts of the Albanian front there were local operations of moderate expansion, which led to a partial advance of the Greek lines. Jm Scumba and in the Devoli valley lies deep snow. It hinders the operations, but the Greeks retain the Jnitiatives in their hands. A government representative in Athens yesterday declared that the Jtaliens were retreating further to sea and that a number of counterattacks were fought back by the Greek elite troops, causing heavy losses to the enemy. No new news about the fighting for Tepelini is available. The main objective of the British government. Luftwaffe in the past Nachr were Jndustrie districts in West Germany. Kannheim was severely attacked The operations began shortly after 2 o'clock in the evening and lasted until the morning hours. - 2 -