ADVANCE INTO EGYPT
AND AROUND TOBRUK CLAIMED BY GERMANS. TALK OF SURPRISE THRUST. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day. 12.35 p.m.) LONDON, May 14. A Berlin spokesman claimed that Italian and German forces had advanced their front line 45 miles into Egypt by a surprise thrust, starting from Solium on May 12. The front lines around Tobruk had also been advanced. British official news, aparently of later origin, speaks of an enemy retreat to original positions in the Solium area, and of successful offensive action by the Tobruk garrison.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 May 1941, Page 6
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89ADVANCE INTO EGYPT Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 May 1941, Page 6
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