BY SHEER WEIGHT
WEARING DOWN ROMMEL
PROGRESS SEEN AS SATISFACTORY
(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.) (Rec. 2 p.m.) LONDON, November 1. The latest ground captured by the Eighth Army in the northern sector iri Egypt includes a valuable area which overlooks the battlefield. Although no decisive results were attained, the progress is regarded as satisfactory.
General Montgomery is -wearing down the enemy by sheer weight of shells, and no spectacular news is likely at present, as it is considered that the task of reducing the enemy's strong defences' may be fairly protracted.
It is reported from Egypt that no big armoured clash has taken place yet, and fighting is still largely being carried out by infantry, who form the spearhead of the attack. A correspondent says that some of the Axis prisoners are very young, their average age being about 23, and they are very, very tired.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 107, 2 November 1942, Page 3
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146BY SHEER WEIGHT Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 107, 2 November 1942, Page 3
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