Late News COMING BATTLE OF EGYPT
German Defensive Dispositions LATEST INDICATIONS (By Telegraph.—Pi’ess Assn.—Copyright.) (Received October 16 1.10 n.m.l LONDON, October 14. The Axis forces in Egypt have abandoned all offensive ■_ dispositions, reports the “Daily Telegraph’s” Cairo correspondent. Field-Marshal Rommel has changed his plans with Teutonic thoroughness, and the El Alamein front is intensively wired and mined with a view to making it impregnable. The main Axis positions across the El Alamein neck are being steadily increased in depth and new extend back nearly three miles. . “The visit by General Smuts may accord a portent of the coming inevitable battle of Egypt, says the “Daily Express" in a leader. “The weight of the air attacks against Malta reveals the importance of the convoys which are now reinforcing Rommel, and the presence of U-boat packs off Africa shows how much the Axis desires to interrupt our Middie East reinforcements. _ Cutting this route has been given priority iu the German sea war plans. For Germany and for us victory in Egypt could provide the master key to winning the war.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 18, 16 October 1942, Page 5
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178Late News COMING BATTLE OF EGYPT Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 18, 16 October 1942, Page 5
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