IMPERIAL TROOPS IN EGYPT
Rommel on the Defensive IN SPITE OF LOCAL COUNTER-ATTACKS AXIS FORCES DUG IN ALL ALONG FRONT (By Telegraph—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11.30 a. di.) > LONDON, July 23. The Imperial troops are holding their ground on the Egyptian front, despite Axis counter-attacks, says a despatch from Cairo this afternoon, the Exchange Telegraph Agency s correspondent with the Eighth Army says. Despite his local counter-attacks, Rommel is on the defensive and the Axis forces are dug in all along the front. .Even tanks have been dug’ in. This explains the limited British gams m the centre, where fighting is violent. The Germans are bearing the brunt of defence and counter-attacks in all sectors. Reports from Berlin refer to strong British forces repeatedly and very heavily attacking. The Berlin radio says: The British have succeeded in stemming our advance.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 July 1942, Page 4
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