MASSING FOR ATTACK
THE EIGHTH ARMY
Position at El Agheila
Increased Enemy Activity
London. Dec. 4
The British Sth Army is now massing behind its spearhead at El Agheila, where it faces the enemy's entrenched positions, his mines and his .unit pits. An increase is reported in enemy air activity. At Tobruk our ground defences have destroyed a Junkers SS. Our planes have carried out another raid on Heraclion aerodrome in Crete, 250 miles north of Tobruk.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 13015, 5 December 1942, Page 3
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77MASSING FOR ATTACK Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 13015, 5 December 1942, Page 3
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