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ROMMEL MOVES

... ROMMEL MOVES BUT NO BIG CLASH YET In Libya there has been a great deal of activity, but there has been no clash yet between the main forces, it is learned in London. The Germans, however, have got a little bit further eastwards, but Gazala is still held ...

Published: Monday 16 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 171 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

PATROLS ROMMEL

... PATROLS ROMMEL of mechanised activity east of Mekili \X7HILE General Rommel still shows no desire to launch another attack in Libya there is news fo-day that British patrols are still active. This is contained in the Italian communique which says that ...

Published: Thursday 19 February 1942
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 152 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ROMMEL MOVING EASTWARDS

... 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 17 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 229 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MORE LIBYA TROOPS THAN ROMMEL

... MORE LIBYA TROOPS THAN ROMMEL It was often difficult for those whose fighting experience was confined to the Western Front In the last war, and who had never taken part in large-scale operations in the desert, to appreciate how tremendous were the distances ...

Published: Thursday 19 February 1942
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 697 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Eng ineers Took Risks and Robbed Rommel of Much Booty During Our I RIBUTE to Springbok Engineers for demolition ..

... Eng ineers Took Risks and Robbed Rommel of Much Booty During Our I RIBUTE to Springbok Engineers for demolition work in the Western Desert is paid in a message from General Ritchie, commander of the Eighth Army, to their commander. Working against time ...

Published: Friday 20 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 522 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

GERMAN FORCE STOPPED WHEN ITALIANS FLED

... several interpretations. It may be that Rommel underestimated the strength of the Allies, and has temporarily withdrawn until he can bring up reinforcements. The hurried retreat of the Italians may have been feint Rommel still ha.* to disclose his main armoured ...

Published: Friday 20 February 1942
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 324 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

DETTOL HEALING AND ACTIVELY ANTISEPTIC

... DETTOL HEALING AND ACTIVELY ANTISEPTIC Why Has Rommel Retired? General rommel. it wciud seem, has decided to withdraw the columns with which he advanced recently to some 15 or 20 miles west of Gazala—the position from which he started his last thrust ...

Published: Wednesday 18 February 1942
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 89 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Wat Pimingbam

... Wat ROMMEL’S NEXT MOVE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1942 SINGAPORE’S GOVERNOR 'Mi / £ '* 'yf..'' ...

Published: Wednesday 18 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 15 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

POSSIBLE REASONS FOR WITHDRAWAL

... unlikely. The successful attack the R.A.F. a few days ago may have inflicted such heavy losses upon the Germans that General Rommel decided that, without adequate air protection, he was not prepared to attack. The attack by the R.A.F. was carried out when ...

Published: Wednesday 18 February 1942
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 210 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

POSSIBLE REASONS FOR WITHDRAWAL

... POSSIBLE REASONS FOR WITHDRAWAL The expected clash between Rommel’s and Auchinleck’s forces in the Western Desert has not yet materialised. Instead, on a wide front, extending from the Gulf of Bomba roughly south-westwards many miles into the desert, ...

Published: Wednesday 18 February 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 439 | Page: 4 | Tags: none