“VERITABLE INFERNO”
GERMAN DESCRIPTION (Reed. Dec. 2, 11.30 a.m.) STOCKHOLM, Dec. 1. The Germans are now describing the Battle of Libya as a “battle for supplies.” The Lokalanzeiger says: “The battle our soldiers are experiencing in the desert must be a veritable inferno.” A Rome communique states: “Local fighting took place in Marmarica with artillery activity on the Tobruk and Solium fronts. The German and Italian air forces carried out raids against motorised units, railway lines and supply centres at Mersa Matruh.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20628, 2 December 1941, Page 5
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