ROMMEL UPSET

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 175, 27 July 1942, Page 3

ROMMEL UPSET

BY ALLIED GUNS

Situation Like Western Front

In Last War

United Press Association.—Copyright Rec. 2 p.m. LONDON, July 26

Dispatches from Egypt indicate that the lull in the fighting along the 40-mile front from the sea to Qattara Depression continued throughout last night. Air activity yesterday was also on a reduced scale, but our light bombers effectively plastered enemy motor transports. Our artillery concentrated mainly against gun posts and motorised units.

The British artillery appears to be upsetting Rommel's routine. Our guns open up accurate fire immediately any Axis movement is noticed and have repeatedly frustrated Axis preparations for a counter-attack.

The Germans are reported to be digging in wherever possible, using disabled tanks for strong points.

The Daily Telegraph's correspondent with the Bth Army says the recent fighting in the El Alamein area somewhat resembles the Western Front in the last war. The scale of advance or retreat is again measurable only in hundreds or thousands of yards. Again there is the same struggle for slight eminences. Again a trench system is growing up, but it is vastly different from the last war's.

Our front is held by Australians in the north, with South Africans just southward. New Zealanders and Indians hold the centre and United Kingdom troops hold the most southern sector.