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... fighting a war with Japan: that Russia is fighting a war with Germany: that General Auchinleck is fighting a war with General Rommel: and that Britain is politely waiting to fight a war with the Germans as soon as Stalin can release them. The World War is ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Cornish Guardian
County: Cornwall, England
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WORKERS TO SEE LIBYA FILM FIRST

... Another war film—of the Libya offensive—is to be shown first to the workers who made the tanks and guns and shells that battered Rommel's forces. ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 31 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MYSTERY OF LIBYAN BATTLE Rommel's Resistance on Edge of Tripolitania MAY BE HOPING FOR REINFORCEMENTS OUR ..

... tremendous armoured battles took place before Rommel's army broke and fled , with British and Imperial troops in hot pursuit . The chase has taken our troops right to the edge of the Gulf of Sirte , where Rommel ' s remaining men have turned at bay , and ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1229 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

STOP PRESS

... Death confirmed to-day of Lieut.-Col. Ccoffrey Keyes (24), son of S ! r Roger Keyes, reported missing after raid General Rommel's head-quarters on the ( of the British offensive in Libya. ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 101 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Navy Greatly Reduces Threat to Trade Routes

... Churchill . They fought in the first Libyan offensivein the Syrian campaignand ( with notable distinction ) against General Rommel . Despite these heavy calls on trained units , it was anticipated that the forces in India alone would reach the million mark ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2654 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Subdued Nazi Comments

... Finns, the despatch adds, are astonished that the Russians should attempt to fight under the present conditions in the Arctic. ROMMEL’S BID ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 277 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BRITISH GRIP CLOSES ON ROMMEL

... BRITISH GRIP CLOSES ON ROMMEL Bid To Break Through Fails After Heavy Fighting CAIRO, Wednesday in Bardia were also successfully attacked.” General Rommel, brought to bay at Agedabia, 100 miles south of Benghazi, is striving desperately to stave off defeat ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 882 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LATE NEWS

... confirmed to-day c Lieut.-Colonel Geoffrey 24-years-old son of Sir Rog e '~ Keyes, reported missing afte ( raid on General Rommel's quarters on eve of British offeP' sive in Libya, states Catf 1 message. EXPLOSION DEATH ROLt (See also page 1) Known death ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 152 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CREDITON CHRONICLE AND TAW VALE GAZETTE THURSDAY JANUARY i 1942 3 We still have 3ft Divan Beds and 4ft 6in

... gaining on the record of the previous Wavell advance have occupied devastated Benghazi and are hammering away at the remnants of Rommel’s army as it endeavours to make good its retreat known to Tripoli To what extent Auchin-leck has yet succeeded in his avowed ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Crediton Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 4740 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LONDON NEWS AND COMMENT [ FROM PRIVATE . CORRESPONDENCE ] Wholesale Shoplifting

... dearly like to avoid . Other Fronts It is believed here that the latest heavy battle of armoured forces in Libya was due to Rommel ' s realisation that tc save his remaining tanks from complete destruction he must break through the enveloping ring of our ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1872 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ROMMEL BECOMES DESPERATE

... ROMMEL BECOMES DESPERATE .vhlle General Rommel is jilting desperately to stave r! defeat Jedabya, 100 miles of Benghazi, the British ring is slowly closing round him. reports Reuter >m Cairo. . So desperate is his resistance cal he is flinging every nv ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 316 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

New ROMMEL HAS THROWN IN HIS LAST TANKS But Ring Round Him Holds

... New ROMMEL HAS THROWN IN HIS LAST TANKS But Ring Round Him Holds ROMMEL, brought to bay at Jedabya, 100 miles south of Benghazi, is striving to stave off disastrous defeat in what may be the final battle in Cyrenaica. The latest Cairo communiqué says ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 322 | Page: 4 | Tags: none