Late News
ABOUT HALF-WAY THROUGH Progress Summed Up
(Received October 27, 1.40 a.m.) LONDON, October 26. After bitter fighting the Eighth Army has made a general advance hi tlie attacking sector, says the “Daily Mail’s” Western Desert correspondent. Our troops broke through two lines of dug-in positions, and are now attempting to breach a third line, which is not • dug in, but is strongly held. Resistance is fierce everywhere. The enemy is not yet thrust completely from the important ridge, where fighting continues. We. have made a bridgehead of considerable value, and the immediate task is to extend the bridgehead and clear the way for our main armour. Some infantry units pushed forward five miles, including two miles through enemy positions. Rommel’s front has been estimated at four miles in depth, including one mile of minefields, and therefore dur advance units are about half way through the enemy defence zone.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 27, 27 October 1942, Page 5
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150Late News Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 27, 27 October 1942, Page 5
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