SCOUTING FORCES
WITHDRAWN BY AXIS
ACTIVITY IN LIBYA
LONDON, February 17,
In Libya, General Rommel has withdrawn his reconnoitring detachments which have been operating in front of our Gazala positions during the past few days.
The desert south of a line from Gazala to Mekili now appears to be clear of the enemy forces though they are in considerable strength around Mekili itself.
Our mobile columns and fighting patrols, supported by aircraft, were active throughout yesterday and attacked enemy light forces from the north-west of Gazala southwards to a point 50 miles inland.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1942, Page 6
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93SCOUTING FORCES Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1942, Page 6
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