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REACHING GENERAL ROMMEL SURVEY OF RECENT CONDITIONS IN MEDITERRANEAN & NORTH AFRICA. TUNISIA AS CLEARING HOUSE. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, February 4. The British forces have left Derna, states a military commentator in London. The right flank appears to have gone back fifty miles in two days, but the left flank is stationary. A high naval authority advanced three reasons why General Rommel had been reinforced. Firstly, the enemy was employing stronger surface and aerial forces to protect his Mediterranean convoys; secondly, cruisers and destroyers were being used as transports and were able to complete the 300 mile dash to North Africa under cover of darkness; thirdly, undoubtedly the recent record rain storms and poor visibility were more favourable to evasion than to detection. There was no doubt that considerable reinforcements were getting through. The “Daily Telegraph’s” former correspondent in Paris says Rommel is getting supplies from Tunisia, which is acting as a vast clearing house. AIR~OFTENSIVE EFFECTIVE R.A.F. ATTACKS. EXTENDED TO ITALY & SICILY. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.25 a.m.) RUGBY, February 4. A Middle East communique states: “Fighter and bomber aircraft continued their offensive operations over Cyrenaica on February 3. Motorised units along the roads in the Derna region were effectively attacked. Casualties were inflicted on enemy personnel and a number of vehicles destroyed or damaged. The aerodrome at Berka was raided. ' “On the night of February 2, an attack was made on objectives at Naples, where a heavy cloud and smoke screen obscured the city. Hits were obtained in the area of the harbour, docks, marshalling yards and a repair base. “At Palermo hits were scored on quays. Over Sicily our aircraft destroyed a Cant Z 506. “Night attacks were made by naval aircraft on a large enemy merchant vessel in the Central Mediterranean on February 2. The ship was torpedoed and next day was seen to have gone agorund. “Enemy aircraft continued their raids on Malta during the night of February 2 and again on February 3. Some damage was caused. “From these and other operations all our aircraft returned safely.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 February 1942, Page 4
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