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... Vichy Helps Rommel Nobody here is surprised at the reports of further collaboration between Vichy and the Germans. Official confirmation from Washington of a charge that Darlan is contributing shipping and transit facilities through Tunis for supplies ...

... ROMMEL MOVING EASTWARDS NO CLASH BETWEEN MAIN FORCES MAJOR BATTLE MAY BE IMMINENT Land skirmishes and increased air activity, reported yesterday’s Middle East communiques, suggest that a major battle may be imminent in Libya. It is learned in London ...

... LITTLE CHANGE IN LIBYA MAIN FORCES NOT ENGAGED INITIATIVE STILL WITH ROMMEL Reports from Cairo indicate that there has been little change during the past thirty-six hours on the coastal front between Derna and Gazala (thirty miles west of Tobruk). No ...

... the war material said to have reached Rommel by land and sea. It seems to be established that German lorries equipped for desert operations were shipped by a French transport to Tunis, and from Tunis land to Rommel’s army. It is also known that an Italian ...

... VICHY FLAG Reports that trar supplies for Rommel’s army in Libya are beinp; sent through Tunisia or along French territorial waters pf the Tunisian coast have been received in Washington without official comment. It was reported in London yesterday that ...

... Ups and Downs in Libya The vigour of Rommel’s eastward thrust in Libya is a measure of the reinforcements he has received. The authorities here know that, before he launched his counter-attack, at least nine ships laden with reinforcements and supplies ...

... Mekili is more than sixty miles west of Gazala, and Tengeder lies almost forty miles due south of Mekili. The slowing down of Rommel’s advance is regarded in Cairo as indication that he is consolidating his position and building reserves for the next and ...

... hopes. Fine general as Rommel has shown himself, his position in mid-January was hopeless unless he could get substantial reinforcement —men, tanks, aeroplanes. To-day the man in the street is wondering just how far and how fast Rommel can push his count ...

... They were beginning to doubt it. They were told at the beginning we were meeting the enemy in Libya on equal terms. Then came Rommel’s recovery and the discovery that the Germans had higher calibre guns. That was a shock to public opinion. Again, how many ...

... on the Aunus Isthmus. Three Russian columns are said to have been wiped out in an attempt to penetrate frontline positions. ROMMEL’S PATROLS WITHDRAW INCREASE IN AIR ACTIVITY Yesterday’s Middle East war communique said that on Monday our fighting patrols ...

... the 4th Indian Division is conducting its withdrawal in the Jebel Akhdar, east of Barce, in close contact with the enemy. Rommel is following np this movement in considerable strength. On Saturday, at Alaraua, the 11th Infantry Brigade carried out a ...