TEMPORARY LULL
IN THE FIGHTING IN EGYPT Following on British Counter-attack and Enemy Withdrawal i SURPRISE MOVE AGAINST AXIS REAR & FLANK HEAVY BLOWS STRUCK BY ALLIED AIR FORCES LONDON, July 3. There appears to be a temporary lull in the fighting in Egypt. Following a counter-attack by the British forces round El Alemein the enemy withdrew to the west. A Headquarters communique does not mention the extent of the withdrawal, but agency messages put it at three or four wiles. The enemy troops are now in the concentration area and a renewal of the attack can be expected. A Cairo communique states that the Germans attacked the British positions at El Alamein. The British forces counterattacked and the enemy withdrew westward, leaving the British positions intact. I The enemy attack failed because of two reasons. One was the stout defence of Dominion troops in the north-west positions and the other was the surprise move against the rear and fla-nk of the enemy made by British troops in the south. The enemy attack was made by a column comprising all arms and the action developed into a major engagement. The enemy suffered losses and broke off the engagement, the troops making the attack withdrawing' westward. At no stage of the conflict in Libya and Egypt has the Allied air force been playing a greater part than in the present battle. Heavy attacks have been made on the enemy’s ground forces. Tobruk was heavily raided last night. At El Daba Allied planes started one of the largest fires ever seen in the Western Desert.
Sixteen enemy , planes have been destroyed over Malta and others have been damaged during the past 48 hours. The planes destroyed included three enemy night-bombers, which were brought down last night.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 July 1942, Page 3
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