... ment of one general by another. On Generalship \\T hen we last attacked Rommel, Sir Alan Cunningham, then commanding the Eighth Army, was held up in the opening phase just as Rommel was held up on this occasion. General Auchinleck hastened to the front ...

... there must be a reason for the slow-down which has enabled Rommel to receive reinforcements in men and material. But I cannot believe that General Auchinleck is willingly waiting while Rommel gets stronger. Other considerations must be weigh ing with ...

... getting through, however, to enable the island to carry out its vital functions. Its existence has been a constant curse to Rommel's trans-Mediterranean supply line. Problem of Tobruk A/T ilitary commentators are speculating whether General Auchinleck will ...

... that at last Field Marshal Rommel has been given a good lesson in generalship and tactics. This lesson was long overdue. Too much praise has been poured on Rommel. It has always been the opinion of Field Marshal Smuts that Rommel was more of a gambler than ...

... armies indicate that he is trying to make a trap which will compel Rommel to accept battle. Nobody can doubt that if and when this battle occurs ii will be of vital importance. Rommel will doall he can to avoid it. Therefore at this stage it is a contest ...

... is the most brilliant film of its kind yet thrown up by the war. The improbable, Henty kind. One just does not believe that Rommel would give away secrets to British officers whom he has taken prisoner with an unfamiliar waiter handing round the liqueur ...

... High-minded T?rom this distance General Auchinleck's chances of defeating Rommel looked so good. I know one member of the Government who was so convinced that he would rout Rommel that he talked prematurely of Auchinleck getting his field marshal's baton ...

... anticipate just how Rommel would plan his attack and were ready for him. Incidentally, it is possible that on this occasion wfe may have benefited from certain rather serious blunders which we made in earlier battles in the desert. Rommel certainly seems ...

... Marshal Rommel is now stated to be suffering from a duodenal ulcer which first began to afflict him after the rout of his forces at El Alamein. In spite of his illness he con tinued in command until the battle began in Tunisia. At this point Rommel had to ...

... Rund- stedt as Supreme Commander of the lerman defence forces in Western Europe a d that Rommel receives no greater recogn i t n than the leadership of an Army. Rommel' favours M. Pierlot Stands tn Attention The Belgian Prime Minister, visiting the Special ...

... command of the German forces in Western Europe is of more than passing interest, and should it prove true that Field Marshal Rommel has replaced him, the significance will be considerable. With the removal of Baron von Falkenhausen as military commander ...

... judge whether Hitler ha retained his power over the German Hig Command when we knew what was. to be ti future of Field Marshal Rommel. If Roram were compelled to remain jn Africa to fat A Recent Appointment Above is Lt.-Gen. Jacob L. Devers ivl succeeded the ...