... mechanical transport were attacked, many vehicles being set on fire, and heavy casualties inflicted. According to an Axis report, Rommel's forces in Libya claim to be within 25 miles of Tobruk. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE Russian troops continued to advance* yesterday ...

... Macarthur is still holding out in the Philippines. The news from Africa is disturbing. The Germans there have been reinforced, and Rommel, their commander, who has been promoted by Hitler to the rank of Field-Marshal, has been able to make a marked advance. The ...

... We must gain complete command of the sea, of all the seas, of all the seas of the world If we commanded the Mediterranean, Rommel's Libyan army would fall ir,to our lap we commanded the Indian Ocean and the Australian seas, Australia, India, Ceylon, and ...