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I DIFFICULTIES AT TOBRUK | RESISTANCE MUCH GREATER I THAN EXPECTED. ARTILLERY FIRE RECALLS SOMME. LONDON, May 24. Commenting on the situation at ‘ Tobruk, a military spokesman in Berlin said: “The British, garrison is offer- ’ ing considerably more resistance than was expected, and the artillery lire lias the intensity of the Battle of the * Somme. Our troops are suffering from the heat and lack of water, but it can 1 be assumed that the British are suffer- ’ ing more, as the reservoirs and pipes • have been destroyed by Stukas. “A lack of heavy artillery is a set- . back to our operations, as bombers are insufficient to replace guns.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1941, Page 6
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109NAZI ADMISSION Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1941, Page 6
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