8TH ARMY REPULSES COUNTER-ATTACK
TANKS CLASH IN DESERT
(United Press Association—Telegraph Copyright) (Rec. 1.5 a.m.) LONDON, October 28. Lieutenant-General B. L. Montgomery’s Bth Army has beaten off another Axis counter-attack, according to the mid-day communique from Cairo. The Axis forces were engaged in clashes on the Alamein front and were forced to retire. “During Tuesday night a counter-attack was beaten off,” states the communique. “Yesterday there were minor tank engagements. Our day and night air offensive continues. Our planes attacked Axis landing grounds and the enemy was kept on the defensive. Our night fighters shot down one Junkers 87. Aerodromes in Crete were raided. Nine enemy fighters were shot down during the day. Last night our torpedo-carrying aircraft torpedoed and sank an enemy tanker bound for North Africa. In all these operations four of our planes were lost.”
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Southland Times, Issue 24888, 30 October 1942, Page 5
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1388TH ARMY REPULSES COUNTER-ATTACK Southland Times, Issue 24888, 30 October 1942, Page 5
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