BRITISH TACTICS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 134, 3 December 1941, Page 9

BRITISH TACTICS

ALLOWING ENEMY TO ATTACK

LONDON, December '2.

General Cunningham, after establishing the strong front between Sidi Rezegh and Tobruk, appears at present to be content to allow the enemy to attack says the Cairo correspondent of the "Daily x Mail." In repulsing three onslaughts in the past two days, the Eighth Army has continued the good work of destroying Axis tanks, while it has turned on them furiously at every opportunity.

The English and New Zealand troops are. strongly- entrenched between Tobruk and S|di Rezegh, and are well equipped with field guns and anti-tank guns.

A correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at the Libyan headquarters says: "The losses in men and material continue in our favour. This is becoming more marked as further heavy armoured reinforcements are being thrown into the fray. The Allies are also benefiting from a display of the individuality which has always distinguished the Briton from the Teuton. One panzer prisoner paid a tribute to the Tobruk defenders and the effectiveness of our bombers.

"As far as can be ascertained, General Rommel's divisions are more -and more split up into what might be described as commandos. Like the small British units, they are frequently out of touch with one another, but carry on as a lone venture, working to impede and damage the enemy whereever possible."