RAF bombs Ital mil camps and motor transports in Libya and Eritrea; Itals advance in Somaliland; communique repts Karrin and Godajere passes taken; planes bomb RAF fields in Sudan; Brit watch Ital troop massing in Bardia near Egyptian border; Brit officials scoff at Ital claim Suez route is cut; Brit rept large Ital forces at Dobel

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Along a 200-mile stretch of English coast from Portland to the Thames Estuary German planes carried out new mass attacks yesterday. As usual, the results were in dispute.

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1940Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (died 2005)^[†]

Edgar John Barlow was a South African cricketer. Barlow was born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, and played first-class cricket for Transvaal and Eastern Province from 1959–60 to 1967–68 before moving to Western Province for the seasons from 1968–69 to 1980–81. During this time he also played three seasons with Derbyshire in the English County Championship from 1976 – 1978. He completed his first-class career in Boland in 1982–83. Barlow was named as one of the six South African Cricket Annual players of the year in 1962.

1940John Waller, English historical European martial arts (HEMA) revival pioneer and fight director (died 2018)^[†]

John Waller was an English pioneer of the historical European martial arts (HEMA) revival, a fight director for stage, screen and spectacle, and a teacher of martial arts.

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1940Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (born 1884)^[†]

Nikolai Voldemar Triik was an Estonian Modernist painter, graphic artist, printmaker and professor. His work displays elements of Symbolism and Expressionism.

Headlines from August 12, 1940

Fair Weather to Continue, Hurricane Not Due Here

HURRICANE SWEEPS COASTS OF GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA; Tides Roll Into Charleston Streets and a 68-Mile Wind Damages Savannah DEATH TOLL IS PUT AT TEN Beach Resorts Are Evacuated Hastily--Storm Subsides as It Moves Inland

FIGHTS ON CHANNEL; Air Ambuscade Is Said to Have Proved Costly to German Raiders BALLOONS FORM A TARGET Air Force Wins Praise for What Is Believed to Be Steady Whittling Down of Foe

ITALIANS ATTACKED BY R.A.F. IN LIBYA; British Also Hit Foe in Eritrea and Somaliland, Where the Fascisti Drive Ahead

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