PATROL ACTIVITY
TOBRUK AREA
SUCCESSFUL NIGHT
OPERATIONS
(Rec. 12.45 p.m.) RUGBY, August 15. British headquarters at Cairo reports: "During the night of August 13-14 a fighting patrol from Tobruk surprised an enemy strong-point, killing the entire garrison of 12. Following up this success, the patrol penetrated still further and engaged strong working parties of the enemy with grenades and light machine-gun fire. In other sectors our artillery brought heavy and effective fire to bear on two other working parties of the enemy. Although heavy dust storms yesterday interfered with our movements outside Tobruk, our patrols were again active 'in the frontier area." —8.0. W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 41, 16 August 1941, Page 10
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