BATTLE RAGING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 November 1941, Page 6

BATTLE RAGING

NEW ZEALANDERS AND SOUTH AFRICANS Fighting Side by Side in Area South of Tobruk GOOD HEADWAY IN NORTHERN DRIVE BIG ENCOUNTER OF TANKS IN PROGRESS FURTHER EAST (Official War Correspondent, N.Z.E.F.) (Received This Day, 11.5 a.m.) CAIRO, November 21. With the New'Zealanders as the spearhead of the attack, the battle near Tobruk is now being: fought fiercely South Africans are fighting side by side with the New Zealanders. Launched with vigour and speed tins morning, the attack is one of many phases. At midday today, the had the Germans on the run m the area south-east of Tobru , only a few miles from the .outer perimeter of the Tobruk defences The New Zealanders and South Africans are driving onward from an area about twenty miles south-east of the town. Further east, a big tank battle is in progress. Down on the border, south-west of Solium, the Indians have captured Libyan Omar, on the border wire fortifications. Very large numbers of prisoners were captured in and around Libyan Omar Capuzzo is held by New Zealanders. The battle near Tobruk now rages. Troops are coming down out of the Tobruk defences to harass the Germans from the north, and the New Zealanders and South Africans are driving northwards and north-eastwards. Much will depend on the battle of tanks which is being fought about twenty miles due west of Bardia, with fine air support from great flights oi RAF bombers, and desperately determined fighting on the part of our troops. The New Zealanders are confident .hat they will make history. There is great optimism amongst the men of the New Zealand Division.