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R.A.F. Over Greece

... R.A.F. Over Greece The R.A.F. is now striking at Greek bases from which some of Rommel’s reinforcements may have come. These included Salamis and Menidi, in Greece, and other targets were Benghazi, Berea Aerodrome, Tripoli Harbour and Derna Aerodrome ...

Published: Tuesday 10 February 1942
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 207 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Surprise Step In Libya

... Surprise Step In Libya RETIRAL BY ROMMEL REPORTED (Press Association and Reuter) 'OFFICIAL news from Cairo indicates that General Rommel has withdrawn his columns to about 15 or 20 miles west of Gazala, the position from which he started his last thrust ...

Published: Thursday 19 February 1942
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 195 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

STILL NO CHANGE IN LIBYA

... Wednesday In the general situation in Cyrenaica, In authoritative circles yesterday, says the P.A., it was stated that General Rommel appeared to be back more or less where started when he began his new advance. ...

Published: Friday 20 February 1942
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 53 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

NO CHANGE AT FRONT

... NO CHANGE AT FRONT IT seems to be clear that General Rommel’s forces in Libya are receiving supplies from Vichy France. In authoritative quarters in London yesterday it was stated that the ships carrying these supplies across the Mediterranean to Tunis ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1942
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 570 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

PAUSE IN DESERT BATTLE

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 14 February 1942
Newspaper: Lurgan Mail
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 44 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

•cs: allies fall back in heavy / °9° ° , I °lf'' Tnit photograph, captured from an onomy prisoner In

... •cs: allies fall back in heavy / °9° ° , I °lf'' Tnit photograph, captured from an onomy prisoner In Libya, shows General Rommel, Commanderin-chief of the Axis troops in North Africa, seated (left) in an armoured oar. On the door of the car can be seen ...

Published: Wednesday 25 February 1942
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 59 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Wednesday:— AXIS FORCED BACK WEST OF GAZALA

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 21 February 1942
Newspaper: Lurgan Mail
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 49 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WIDESPREAD SWEEPS OVER DESERT

... south-west of Gazala, British air patrols and mobile columns nowhere encountered Rommel’s men in force. The Cairo G.H.Q. communique, reporting this, refutes Axis claims that Rommel's advanced forces had reached Gazala, 30 miles west of Tobruk, on the coast ...

Published: Monday 09 February 1942
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 233 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THEY ADMIT IT Nazis Had To Ease Off In Atlantic ■yiCE - ADMIRAL LUETZOW, German radio naval spokesman, admitted ..

... MedtUrrcan offensive had forced the Nazis to withdraw L'-boats from the Atlantic battle and send them to the Mediterranean to save Rommel. The Admiral asserted that the British intended to make the Middle East the decisive theatre of the War. SEE PACE TWO ...

Published: Thursday 19 February 1942
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 66 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SINGAPORE

... and Reuter.) A$ the lull in the Libya land fighting continues, the R.A.F. is striking at Greek bases from which some of Gen. Rommel's reinforce• ments may have come. In the desert British patrols have been active round Mekili, over 60 miles west of; Gazala ...

Published: Tuesday 10 February 1942
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 280 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CAIRO AND THE LIBYA SITUATION

... SUPPLIES FOR ROMMEL. STATEMENT EXPECTED. Questions will be asked in the House of Commons (says the Press Association diplomatic correspondent) about the munitions of war which Vichy France is sending across the Mediterranean to General Rommel in Libya, and ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1942
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 303 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

NAZIS NEED 2,000,000 MORE MEN

... Telegrams. ROMMEL NETS AMERICAN RED CROSS FOOD FOODSTUFFS, including 100 drum* of dried milk and a quantity of flour, sent to Benghazi by the American Red Cross to relieve the civilian population fell into the hands of the Germans as Rommel retook the ...

Published: Tuesday 10 February 1942
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 297 | Page: 1 | Tags: none