MOVE EXPECTED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20913, 13 October 1942, Page 4

MOVE EXPECTED

ALLIES IN EGYPT BERLIN PREDICTIONS INCREASED AIR ACTIVITY (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (1.30 p.m.) LONDON. Oct. 12. The International News Office, Dr. Goebbeis’ latest propaganda agency, predicts an early Allied attack in the Western Desert It says that Axis military circles are satisfied that General Sir Harold Alexander is about to launch an offensive before the rainy period sets in, converting the Kattara depression into an insurmountable quagmire. The German air force in the Mediterranean zone has been considerably strengthened and air activity on both sides of the African front lias increased to a remarkable extent. German reconnaissance planes have seen strong Allied motorised columns ready behind the south wing of the British Alamein front and also in the Kattara depression. Allied artillery lire is increasing on the central and northern fronts, while their air force is more frequently in the skies over (lie battlefield and in greater force. The Berlin radjo says that 1000 medium or heavy bombs were dropped on Malta yesterday during attacks lasting from dawn to dusk. It claims that several squadrons of British and American long-range bombers and transport planes were destroyed on the ground and that large fires were started. The raids on Malta are connected with the Libyan campaign.