ENEMY RETREAT

Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21584, 21 November 1941, Page 6

ENEMY RETREAT

FIGHTING IN LIBYA BRITISH MARCHING ON DUAL THREAT TO AXIS (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) Received Nov. 21, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON. Nov. 20 Under constant hammering from the Royal Air Force and harrassed by the Navy, Germans and Italians are falling back along the coastal roads in Libya. They face a dual threat—namely, a British turning movement from the region of Sidi Omar, driving to Tobruk and cutting off the Axis forces in the coastal area, and a drive from Jarabub in the direction of El Agheila to cut supplies and prevent retreat to Tripoli. The British forces crossed the frontier at Sheferzen, ten miles south of Sidi Omar, permitting them to bypass strongly-fortified frontier positions from the coast to Sidi Omar. From Sheferzen a fairly good road runs westward to El Gubbi (Bir-El-Gobi) which is unlikely to be seriously affected by rain. The road runs also from Jarabub to El Agheila. It is in the south that the British initial advance is faster than that of last year, largely owing to British supremacy in “No Man’s Land.”