TANK BATTLE
NO CHANGE IN POSITIONS GERMANS UNABLE TO CROSS MAIN ROAD. BRITISH ATTACK ON ITALIANS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) RUGBY, June 14. The tank battle between British and Axis forces which began yesterday afternoon as soon as the sandstorm abated raged until darkness, according to a correspondent’s report from the Western Desert and was resumed this morning, south of Acroma, where the opposing armoured forces were occupying practically the same positions as before the battle commenced. Infantry were engaged east of El Duda and north of El Adem, but at no point were the Axis forces, composed of Germans, able to cross the main road. There was no fighting at Gazala, but to the south of the town a British division attacked Italian positions on the western side of the Cauldron.
BRITISH PARACHUTISTS
CAPTURE OF FIVE CLAIMED BY ITALIANS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) RUGBY, June 14. Five British parachutists are included in the latest list of prisoners of war in Italian hands.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 June 1942, Page 3
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171TANK BATTLE Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 June 1942, Page 3
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