LIBYAN BATTLE
MORE PRISONERS TAKEN
SUCCESSFUL BOMBING ATTACKS.
ENEMY TRANSPORT POUNDED.
(British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.0 a.m.) RUGBY, December 14
A Middle East communique states: “Yesterday our main forces again made progress in face of determined resistance by German and Italian troops holding rearguard positions south-west of Gazala. Our troops are also closing in on defensive positions covering Gazala itself. “Reports, which are still incomplete, show that yesterday a few Italian tanks were destroyed, while eighteen guns and about 500 German and Italian prisoners were captured north-west of Bir Hakeim. In addition, small batches of prisoners are still being rounded up in'the area over which the tide of the main battle has now passed.
“Our air forces bombed enemy motor columns, with special success on roads west and north-west of Gazala and west of Derna.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 December 1941, Page 6
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