... PAUSE IN DESERT BATTLE Monday’s Middle East communique indicates that Rommel’s drive has slackened. We are holding Gazala, and our patrols have been active round Mekili, more than 60 miles west of Gazala, and Tengeder, which lies almost 40 miles due south ...

... Wednesday:— AXIS FORCED BACK WEST OF GAZALA Official news from Cairo indicates that Rommel has withdrawn his columns to about 15 or 20 miles west of Gazala, the position from which he started his last thrust, and Wednesday’s Cairo communique discloses ...

... in the Rhineland and elsewhere in Western Germany. Mines were laid in enemy waters. “Three of our aircraft are missing.” ROMMEL’S PATROLS WITHDRAW Small enemy parties operating southwest and south of Tmimi withdrew on being engaged by our troops. Re ...

... wiping out a dive-bombing formation sent to blast the way for Axis land forces, R.A.F. and Australian airmen may have delayed Rommel’s plan for a renewed drive in Libya. Their 20-nil victory against superior numbers is one of the most amazing :ictories in ...

... United States motor torpedo boat in a night action inside Manila Bay, says a Navy Department communique issued in Washington. Rommel’s line in the desert is stretching dangerously forward, and may be reaching the end of its momentum, according to a Cairo ...

... cost of heavy losses. Our land forces have received admirable air support. Libya—The period of lull has ended and General Rommel’s columns are more ‘active. Heavier fighting must be looked lfor though at the moment only patrol clashes have been reported ...