... previously scattered forces into one main force and the taking of the decision where an attempt shall be made to engage Gen. Rommel. QUISLING TO NIAKE PEACE • ' ~ : 1 I, DEAF RESPONDING to great FREE OFFER LI II SAR -I‘: llClC ' j e s•sw:'. furtheleCoppillni ...

... ROMMEL KEEPS UP ADVANCE (Press Association, Reuter, and Associated Press.) A S Rommel's columns continue to push ahead without pause along the coast road from Benghazi, chief port in Western Cyrenaica, R.A.F. fighters and bombers are attacking mechanised ...

... further east, and are being followed by Axis troops in considerable strength, states the latest British communique. General Rommel may be pushing forward, tapping the British lines to find a weak spot, stated authoritative London circles, adding that it ...

... TUESDAY, TiNgb Nntleptudtst FEBRUARY 3, 1942 Rommel Near . ...

... units in the Matis area. The Axis are now approaching an area where the British enjoy the identical advantages possessed by Rommel when he got in ahead of them at El Aaheila before they could count er-at t ack. The Middle East R.A.P. cotnmunique reported ...

... the war for 80 per cent. of its flax. ROMMEL MAINTAINS PRESSURE (Reuter and The Times Special Service.) 'MILE British mobile columns continue to engage Asia forces on the waterlogged plains around Msus, Gen. Rommel's armoured forces continue to make headway ...

... desert East and North-East of Mstts. This present a very unusual mitt:try squat ion. It is utyterstood in London that Marshal Rommel has received big reinforeements despite the singings of Axis vessels in the Mditerranean. The reason that suppliespossibly ...

... od of which they were still operating as late as Tuesday. In rornmentanes on the situation it is often remarked that Gen. Rommel has so far not met anything in the way of the heavier mechanised forces. but it is seldom that the question the?• is asked ...

... BRWSII NAVY GREAT FACTOR —Berlin Alsociated reefs.) . ROMMEL. will Rdc:.RS far as military nd and not one step • - Radio. de. Mr. Churchill had General Rommul the auturintr the %%hole of “'n Darla of the Near The Axis had the advantage et fAortrr simply ...

... from the German frontier, his trip to Italy w•as to arrange increased air transport of supplies. especially fuel to General Rommel in Libya. Axis sources intimated. One Axis observer suitgcs'ed that he also discussed the chances of intensified attack on ...

... stated that there was no change In the situation, but London circles stated that the initiative appeared to remain with Gen. Rommel. although the position was regarded as somewhat obscure. A Cairo message states that there has been no major engazimen7 ...

... both. British comment on these possibilities is extremely reserved. Most of the experts admit that the strength of General Rommel's Libyan forces was much greater than had been expected, and they now adopt the attitude that the only safe policy in the ...