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Page 478
His rearguards made only the most desultory stand at Mersa Matruh and the strong Halfaya position on the frontier . His strength has been insufficient to attempt a defence of Tobruk . The immediate future will almost certainly show that ...
His rearguards made only the most desultory stand at Mersa Matruh and the strong Halfaya position on the frontier . His strength has been insufficient to attempt a defence of Tobruk . The immediate future will almost certainly show that ...
Page 479
On the most conservative reckoning — and completely disregarding what has happened and may yet happen in French North Africa and the Western Mediterranean — the German threat to Suez and the Middle Eastern position is now removed ...
On the most conservative reckoning — and completely disregarding what has happened and may yet happen in French North Africa and the Western Mediterranean — the German threat to Suez and the Middle Eastern position is now removed ...
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But in both areas the position is certainly better . In a speech in London on November 12 , General Smuts summarised the position and indicated the most deadly danger still before us . He said : “ We have wrested the air offensive from ...
But in both areas the position is certainly better . In a speech in London on November 12 , General Smuts summarised the position and indicated the most deadly danger still before us . He said : “ We have wrested the air offensive from ...
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