Germans Sizzle in Record Heat Wave

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 109, 9 May 1941, Page 7

Germans Sizzle in Record Heat Wave

Tobruk Garrison Shelters in Cool Bungalows HUNS DON’T RELISH AUSTRALIAN METHODS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Thursday, 9.30 p.m. LONDON, May 8. Tho Germans are preparing their next assault on Tobruk in a record heatwave, with the temperature well over IUU degrees. The sand-laden wind is like a blast from a furnace and metals are so hot that they blister the hands. The British garrison has cool bungalows and Italian-built underground raid shelters, but the Germans, who are not acclimatised, aro exposed to the full blazing fury of the desert. There is not a tree for 50 miles. Their tents become hothouses and as their tanks are not air-conditioned the men faint in them. An officer from Tobruk said the way they hurled back the last two enemy attacks has given the troops additional confidence and they were taking the initiative in whirlwind night patrol actions in which they rob the Germans of machine-guns, rifles and all sorts of equipment. The Germans learned to be cautious after the Australians let entire motorised units behind the spearhead of tanks get inside their defence and then blew them to pieces from both sides, from the front and from behind. The garrison has plenty of food and water.