FIGHTING CONTINUES
SOME POSITIONS GAINED BY GERMANS INCLUDING HEIGHTS ABOVE SOLLUM. ENEMY IN VULNERABLE ' SITUATION. LONDON. May 19. It is learned that British forces are still in control of Solium. This news has been received since a German report claiming to have retaken the town. Some famous British regiments still hold coastal areas near Solium. British headquarters in the Western Desert announced: "The Germans, reassembling their forces which were, scattered by the British in the previous few days, have regained some positions, including the heights above Solium. The German forces are much more heavily armed than the British, but our offensive in the past few days has forced them into positions where they are vulnerable, especially to flank attacks.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 May 1941, Page 5
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