SUPREME EFFORT

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20825, 2 July 1942, Page 3

SUPREME EFFORT

AUCHINLECK’S CALL GIVE ENEMY NO REST “DEFEAT HIM WE WILL” (British Official Wireless.) (Noon.) RUGBY, July 1. A supreme effort by the Eighth Army has been called for by General Sir Claude Auchinleck in an order of the day, which states: “Officers and men of the Eighth Army.—You have fought hard and continuously for over a month. No troops could have fought ‘better. You have Jiad heavy losses and in spite of your efforts you have experienced the disappointment of giving ground before an enemy who has superiority of armoured troops. “It must not be forgotten that he, too, has had serious losses. His units are much more reduced in strength, and he is a long way from his bases of supply, “The situation now calls for a supreme effort on the part of all of us. We are fighting the Battle of Egypt, a battle in which the enemy must be destroyed. You have shown that you can stick it. I know you will stick it right out until he can stand it no longer, until he cracks. | "The enemy must be given no rest. He must be attacked and harried wherever you find him. The battle is not over yet. It will not be over until we' have defeated him. Defeat him we wiU.”