A.I.F. CASUALTIES
MUCH LIGHTER THAN EXPECTED (.Rec. 11.55 a.m.) Rugby. Nov. 10. The Australian Army Minister. Mr Forde, announced that the casualties sustained by the Australian Imperial Force in the Axis rout in Egypt were relatively light and much lighter than expected.—B.O.W. MIDDLE EAST COMMANDER Rugby, Nov. 9. General Andrews, the new United States commander in the Middle East, who reached Cairo nearly a week ago. told correspondents that the American and Canadian forces in the Middle East were under the strategic direction of the British commander-in-chief and that there was no relatoinship between his command and General Eisenhower’s. He added, however, that when the two forces linked up there would possibly be some tie-up. General Andrews’s command embraces Iran, Iraq and Eritrea—B.O.W.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 11 November 1942, Page 5
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