REINFORCING 8TH ARMY

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23715, 13 August 1942, Page 5

REINFORCING BTH ARMY

STEADY ARRIVAL OF SUPPLIES LONDON*, August 11. The Bth Army is being steadily strengthened by supplies and reinforcements arriving in the Suez Canal zone, reports the Cairo correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph.” Suez itself is prepared to handle twice the volume of supplies that was arriving three months ago. Reuter’s correspondent says: A feature of the fighting on the Alamein front in the last fortnight has been the duels between British artillery on both sides—our 25-pounders captured by Rommel are now turned against us. The British gunners at the Ruweisat ridge claim that we are getting the better of the duels. They say our fire has forced at least two enemy batteries from their desert holes, whereas we have not shifted our position once." Heavy Allied air attacks are again beginning to overshadow the artillery duels.