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INDIANS RETREATING UNDER PRESSURE

... our mobile columns. Although Rommel is still pushing ahead strongly in the Jebel Akdar, indications are that the decisive battle of this stage of the Libyan campaign is still to be fought, says Reuter from Cairo. If Rommel follows us up, he will eventually ...

Published: Tuesday 03 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 246 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Rommel’s Tactics

... Rommel’s Tactics In' driving Rommel back to El Agheila we came near to achieving our aim—the destruction of the entire Axis armoured strength. However, he had still a small nucleus of armour left and he was unfortunately able to re-form enough tanks to ...

Published: Tuesday 03 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 165 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Ran Some Risk

... Ran Some Risk Why was Rommel able to break through our forward line before Agheila? Because iwe did not have all our goods in the shop window. In building up strong reserve forces for our planned push against him, together with all necessary supplies ...

Published: Tuesday 03 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 116 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

COLMORE

... mileage NOW OPERATING ) 18,000; economical J. W. STOCKS, LTD. ; na ,ast « ooa 283 BROAD STREET £l9s-M Telephone: MlOland 5111 ROMMEL’S PUSH ...

Published: Tuesday 03 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 37 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

PHOSFERINE

... Division, in particular, received fresh tanks and although the Mark 13” is by no means a fearsome vehicle it has a useful gun. Rommel’s plan was characteristically bold. He probably grounded many of his available effectives to give great mobility to picked ...

Published: Tuesday 03 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 151 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DIFFICULT PROBLEM

... the work of U-boats more difficult. He added that U-boats had been transferred to the Mediterranean to relieve pressure on Rommel, Any such statements were naturally regarded with suspicion, and this announcement was probably put out for some special purpose ...

Published: Wednesday 04 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 918 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

LIBYA CAMPAIGN OBJECT OF ROMMEL’S ADVANCE PRELUDE TO SPRING OFFENSIVE The enemy advance in Libya, though slowed ..

... and Italian, are constantly being sent to Libya indicates that Rommel is determined to carry through the general plan of the High Command and continue the offensive to the Suez Canal. ‘‘Rommel’s offensive forces General Auchinleck to bring strong reserves ...

Published: Wednesday 04 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 595 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NO CHANGE

... NO CHANGE ITALIANS CLAIM TMIMI In to-day’s Rome communique the claim is made that Rommel’s forces have continued their advance along the coastal road in Libya and have occupied Tmimi, near Gazala, which is about 30 miles west of Tobruk. There is no c ...

Published: Friday 06 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 698 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Admiral Darlan is reported to be organising direct assistance to General Rommel in Libya. EGYPTIAN POLICY ..

... Admiral Darlan is reported to be organising direct assistance to General Rommel in Libya. EGYPTIAN POLICY PREMIER TO DISSOLVE parliament Cairo, Friday. The Egyptian Parliament is to be dissolved, Nahas Pasha, the new Prime Minister, announced. shall not ...

Published: Friday 06 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 95 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Large Reinforcements

... Large Reinforcements There is no doubt that Rommel has received unexpectedly large reinforcements and that his armoured vehicles carry a considerable weight of gun-power which so far has proved too heavy for the lighter-armed British mobile columns that ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 160 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Commons Questions

... the reasons for allowing the resumed American shipments of cotton, fuel oil and food to North Africa at a time when General •Rommel is being provided with food and other requirements from Tunisia.” It is expected that Mr. Hugh Dalton, Minister of Economic ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 113 | Page: 4 | Tags: none