AXIS PROGRESS
STAYED AND TURNED
DEFENCE CONVERTED INTO
ATTACK
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, December 14.
The progress of the Axis Powers, brought to a halt at Taranto and on the Greek frontier, has been definitely stayed and turned. This opinion was expressed by Brigadier-General Lord Croft, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for War, commenting today on the battle in the Western Desert.
"Prudence in the face of a numerically superior enemy," said Lord Croft, "might have dictated a static defence by General Wavell in Egypt. An irresistible urge to get at the Italians ourselves and assist Greece in an instant fight, however, impelled our commander-in-chief to reverse the roles and himself attack his entrenched and fortified adversary.
"The operation of the last few days is one of the most skilful and brilliant episodes of the great story of the British Army."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 145, 16 December 1940, Page 9
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