DRIVE ON BENGHAZI
ARMY OF THE NILE EXTENDS ITS FRONT USE OF BOTH INLAND & COAST ROADS. ENEMY DEFENDING JUNCTION. I By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright ’ (Received This Day 1.30 p.m.) LONDON. January 29. The Army of the Nile is opera-
ting on a far more extensive front in Libya.than hitherto. The British have surrounded, but are meeting with some resistance on, the important road junction of Mekhile. from which it can be deduced that advanced units are attempting a swift drive to Benghazi, while their comrades further north conquer Derna. later joining the southern forces in an assault on Benghazi. An east and west road runs through Mekhile and continues for nearly a hundred miles. Il then swings north when it crosses the Benghazi-Barce railway. The British southern drive ap-' parently is using this road. Mekhile is expected to fall within a few days. The garrison is believed to comprise the remnants of two divisions which retired from Sidi Barrani and also a number of tanks and armoured units. An Australian brigade is participating.
Meanwhile other Australians are active in advanced movements further west. The possession of Tobruk, where the British found good supplies of water and petrol, is greatly facilitating the advance in the coastal sector. /It is authoritatively stated in London that General Wavell has plenty of troops, but is facing a severe problem of administration. Some forces went to the Sudan after participating in the Sidi Barrani operations, including an Indian division. Because of unavoidable delay in the movement of these troops, the Italians in Kassala were given lime to execute a strategic withdrawal and escape a pincer movement.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 January 1941, Page 6
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271DRIVE ON BENGHAZI Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 January 1941, Page 6
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