Defeat to Victory

... attack until the situation was reformed. Now it is being said that we, could have gone right on to Tri-' poll if we had kept Rommel running when we had him running. This is to ignore the immense difficulties cf supply am not even saying we could have gone ...

Published: Monday 02 February 1942
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

JAP CONTROL IS ONLY TEMPORARY

... at Wirksworth, where opened the Week, said that whatever happened we had had smashing victory in Libya, and had prevented Rommel from breaking into Tobruk and possibly Egypt. The battle of the north coast of Africa, he said, was a tremendously important ...

Published: Monday 02 February 1942
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 262 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Rommel’s Tanks Rush for the Hills CAIRO, Wednesday. FIGHTING has taken place between British troops and Axis ..

... Rommel’s Tanks Rush for the Hills CAIRO, Wednesday. FIGHTING has taken place between British troops and Axis motorised units on two main roads which lead from Barce eastward towards Giovanni. Berta, and Derna. Encounters have occurred in the general area ...

Published: Monday 02 February 1942
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 367 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WAR NEWS SUMMARY

... norths!ons desperate attempt to The German High Command com- east alongthe r stem the Red Army s advance on _ suggests that Rommel intenas the Eastern Front. They have been r T 11 mumque states that Un drive on without a pause in the raced into the front ...

Published: Monday 02 February 1942
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 3869 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

JAPANESE ISLAND BAS SHELLED & BOMBED

... th. Whlta Elaphant, Thai dacoratlen, tna PJIIJ Vadio r«parta^B.U.P. jtOMMELLOSES horeships Force* Ptuh On From Benghazi iS ROMMEL’S coluijins continue to push ahead . 0» the coast road from chief port In Western i, AT. fighter, and SS are strafing mechanised ...

Published: Monday 02 February 1942
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 587 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

JAPANESE THRUST TOWARDS INDIA?

... should not be surprised they had not sent three or four times more than those sent to Malaya. But looking also the exploits ot Rommel in Libya, they must consider the strategy of war as whole and remember that, despite Japan's entry, their man target must ...

Published: Monday 02 February 1942
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 684 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THREE-HALFPEN CE

... Curtin, the Prime Minister. Instead the whole capacity would be concentrated on operational planes. Desert March to Cheat Rommel ALL the fighting personnel A of the 7th Indian Infantry Brigade has fought its way through the Germans and Italians who surrounded ...

Published: Monday 02 February 1942
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 548 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Australian Women To Register

... Australian Women To Register I R.A.F• Batter Rommel ' s Forces NEMY supply columns in the Misurata, El E Agheita and Jedabia areas were effectively bombed by our aircraft during Saturday night, says to-day's R.A.F. Middle East communique. A number of ...

Published: Monday 02 February 1942
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 282 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

TWO MORE SUPPLY SHIPS HIT

... TWO MORE SUPPLY SHIPS HIT ONE large and one medium-sized merchant ship on their way to North Africa with supplies for Rommel were probably sunk by naval torpedo bombers operating in bad weather in the central Mediterranean on Friday night. On the previous ...

Published: Monday 02 February 1942
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 149 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

2 ROMMEL

... 2 ROMMEL SUPPLY SHIPS TORPEDOED ONE large and one medium-sized merchant ship on their way to North Africa with valuable supplies for the Axis forces were probably sunk by naval torpedo bombers in the Central Mediterranean Friday night, states the Air ...

Published: Monday 02 February 1942
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 143 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WONDERFUL FELLOWS

... Indian Brigade have been active in the Benghazi area, and their repeated counter - attacks seriously delayed the advance of Rommel’s columns. They are in the middle of the conflict still, fightfrig hard as ever and knowing these courageous men as I do I ...

Published: Monday 02 February 1942
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 142 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

RAPID ENEMY PUSH IN LIBYA Rommel May Have Taken Barce

... RAPID ENEMY PUSH LIBYA Rommel May Have Taken Barce • Romm«r» oalumm oontinu* push rapidly along tho eoaot road from ' Bonghazl R.A.F. HgMoro and bom toon arc otraflng moohanlzod tranopoft, gunning onoampmonto, and otartlng Hrao and oxploolano. Tho dlooloouro ...

Published: Monday 02 February 1942
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 247 | Page: 1 | Tags: none