Evening star., 1941-02-25
Bravo, SomaIi Port,
Taken, British Say;
Nearer Mogadiscio
West Africon Troops
Credited; Advance
In Eritreu Continues
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 25.-British
forces were reported today to have
captured the Italian Somaliland
port of Bravo in sweep up the
coast more than half way from
Chisimaio to Mogadiscio, the COL
ony's capital and chief port.
Bravo marked gain of 160 miles
beyond Chisimaio, the beginning of
the seaboard highway. and put the
British within $50 miles of Moga-
diScio
A communique issued in Nairobi,
Kenya Colony, gave no details of
the British push except that Brava
was taken yesterday by West Afri-
can troops"
These may have been troops from
the Gold Coast or from Nigeria who
previously have been reported fight
ing with the British armies in East
Africa
Whether British forces which
seized Chisimaio had spanned the
whole distance up to Brava was not
clear. The forces occupying Bravo
may have been landed from ships in
the Indian Ocean, as others have
been in that area. or may have cut
across from inland. The Juba River,
the strongest natural Italian de-
fense line in Somaliland, has been
preached by the British in several
places, giving them access to q net
work of roads.
Some Rounded Up.
Operations forward of the Juba
River continue to develop success
fully" communique of the British
Middle East command here re-
ported. Some Italians stranded in
the bush" in the Gelib sector, where
British forces made one of their
crossings of the Juba, were said in
Nairobi to have been rounded up"
yesterday.
In Eritrea, the Cairo report said,
British forces moving on Cheren.
mountain key to ASmara. that
Italian colony's capital, are con-
tinuing their advance south of
Cubcub" and have taken 400 pris-
oners and three guns.
The communique still was silent
on Libya, saving only of other fronts.
no change in the situation"
In Ethiopia, the Nairobi COM
muniQue announced, a company of
Ethiopian irregulars has taken
British and italian Moyale, an area
extending on both sides of the
Kenya-Ethiopian frontier, and "by
the capture of Moyale. which was
lost by us in July last year, the last
Italian troops have also been evicted
from British territc ""
This is the second such claim
from the British within 10 days. On
February IT, the Middle East COM
mand said, mo Italians remain on
the soil of Egypt, the Sudan or
Kenya except as prisoners.")
Adds Ababa Airdrome Raided.
Middle East headquarters of the
r. A. F. announced attacks had been
made upon the airdrome at Adds
Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, and Ital-
ian military buildings near Tepeleni
in Albania.
The communique said:
In support of Greek Army opera
tions in Albania yesterday, aircraft
of the R. A. F. heavily bombed Ital-
ian military buildings and motor
transport vehicles in the neighbor-
hood of Tepeleni
Another heavy attack was pressed
home in the face of intense anti
aircraft fire against troops and
transports at Dukarj. r. A. F.
bombers attacked the airdrome at
Adds Ababa. Considerable damage
was done to airdrome buildings.
The South African Air Force
bombers also attacked fuel dumps
at Nefasit, East of Asmara, and also
bombed the road north of the town
From the foregoing operations all
our aircraft returned safely"