IMPERIAL TROOPS
FIGHTING IN THE OPEN WITHOUT TRENCHES INCREASED ENEMY AIR OPPOSITION. CONCENTRATED ON BACK AREAS. (Received This Day, 12.40 p.m.) LONDON, November 24. A Cairo spokesman said there had been a concentrated tank battle in Libya for the past 48 hours, but the tanks were getting fewer and infantry were coming into it more on both sides. Considerable hand to hand fighting had' occurred. Air opposition had increased, but the enemy was concentrating on back areas rather than on the battlefield. The infantry participating in the Rezegh battle comprised British, New Zealand and South African troops, who were fighting in the open, without trenches. . ITALIAN ADMISSION GARRISON OVERPOWERED IN DESERT. (Received This Day. 12.40 p.m.) LONDON, November 24. An Italian war communique admits that a British motorised column penetrated the Cyrenaican desert and attacked and overpowered an advanced Italian garrison, northwards of the Gialo oasis.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 November 1941, Page 6
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