COMPLETE SUCCESS.
GENERAL SMUTS’ VIEWS
LONDON, November 30. “The Libyan offensive has been a complete success from the beginning and it apparently surprised the enemy,” said General Smuts (Prime Minister of South Africa) broadcasting from Cape Town. “The South Africans’ stand at Sidi Rezegh is comparable to the South Africans’ immortal two-day stand against the Germans at Delville Wood in 1918. They continued to fight against panzer, air, and infantry attacks by superior numbers until their ammunition was exhausted. “Do not let us count our losses. Our losses generation after generation have won for us this fair land and the heroic tradition which forms the immortal soul of our people.” General Smuts added that he had received a message from General Sir Claude Auchinleck (Commander-in-Chief, Middle East) expressing deep regret that the South African troops should have suffered so heavily in their first major engagement. General Auchinleck said he could not express sufficiently his admiration and pride in the South Africans’ tenacious gallantry.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 43, 1 December 1941, Page 5
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