BRITISH PRISONERS
LARGE NUMBERS FREED IN NORTH AFRICA AT LEAST SEVEN THOUSAND. SEAMEN, SOLDIERS & AIRMEN. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, November 18. At least 7000 British prisoners—possibly twice this total—including naval men, merchant seamen, soldiers ana air force personnel, have been released from concentration camps ( in North Africa since the Allied occupation. Some had been captives since the last Malta convoy battle, and others had been imprisoned for many months. NAZI REMNANTS RETREAT TO EL AGHEILA. LONDON, November 18. El Agheila, where Rommel made the successful stand last January, lends itself to defence by a comparatively small force. The marshy ground which covers the flanks may partly compensate for the enemy’s weakness in tanks. The area commands the coastal road to Tripoli, and it can be supplied from Tripoli. The remaining German force is believed to consist of the lorried infantry of the veteran 90th Light Division, and a composite armoured force with a few tanks formed from the remnants of the 15th and 21st Panzer Divisions.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 November 1942, Page 3
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