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IN LIBYA

... from the east. At the moment the coastal town Dcrna*, about 140 miles west of Tobruk, is once again threatened by General Rommel’s mechanised columns. Fighting has already taken place 60 miles east of Barce Slonta, which lies due south from Gyrene and ...

Published: Wednesday 04 February 1942
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 245 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LULL IN LIBYA Rommers Supply Problems There was change on Wednesday in the general situation in Cyrenaica,” ..

... There was change on Wednesday in the general situation in Cyrenaica,” said the Army communique on Thursday from G.H.Q., Cairo. Rommel’s problem now is similar ours. H© is 800 miles from his main base at Tripoli. His next move will probably depend very much ...

Published: Saturday 21 February 1942
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 268 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WAR NEWS

... reports, if true, suggest that Hitler is intent on turning General Rommel’s thrust in Cyrenaica into a major offensive into Egypt before the summer. Germans in Ankara are boasting that Rommel will be in Suez in a fortnight. Such boasts have been heard before ...

Published: Wednesday 11 February 1942
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 562 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

AIR VICTORY IN LIBYA

... divebombing formation sent to blast the way for Axis land forces in Qyrenaica, R.A.F. and Australian airmen may have delayed Rommel’s plans for a renewed Their 20-nil victory against numbers is one of the most remarkable victories in the history of air ...

Published: Wednesday 18 February 1942
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 118 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

IN LIBYA

... IN LIBYA Rommel’s Supply Problems While there is ground for satisfaction in the fact that we have now held our positions in the Gazala area (30 miles west of Tobruk) for fully a week, it would be premature to presume that this necessarily marks the end ...

Published: Saturday 14 February 1942
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 401 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DUMFRIES and GALLOWAY and Adicrtiscv TELEPHONE No. 19. Wednesday, February 4, 1942. Singapore The news from the ..

... 4, 1942. Singapore The news from the Middle and the Far East continues to give cause for anxiety. It is disappointing that Rommel has been getting away with it again, but there is every reason to feel sure that General Auchinleck will be able to hold the ...

Published: Wednesday 04 February 1942
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 639 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

The Efficiency Drive The need for greater efficiency in all departments of national service is the cry of the hour,

... most inrvportant, Russia is not the only theatre of war where the products of our munitions factories are urgently needed. Rommel continues to drive on in Libya, and, while there is no occasion for nervousness about this thrust, it demands serious attention ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1942
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 762 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

lODINE

... find that vital artery strongly protected by Chinese well as British troops. The fighting in Libya appears to have died down. Rommel is doubtless waiting for reinforcements before trying to make a further advance. He will be experiencing what our forces ...

Published: Saturday 14 February 1942
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1150 | Page: 4 | Tags: none