FALL OF TOBRUK
CLAIMED BY AXIS PERIMETER DEFENCES BREACHED. POSITION ADMITTED PR'EOARIOUS. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Couyrialit LONDON, June 21. A special announcement by the German High Commaaxl states that Axis forces had stormed and captured the greater part of the defences of Tobruk, and that a British officer with a white flag had asked lor terms of surrender. This is not confirmed in London. The Rome radio announced that Axis troops had captured the harbour and town. The latest British report admitted that the position of the entire fortress was precarious following an assault in great strength by Rommel’s forces which had breached the perimeter defences on a wide front Notwithstanding most determined resistance the enemy succeeded in occupying a considerable area inside the perimeter defences.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15075, 22 June 1942, Page 3
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127FALL OF TOBRUK Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15075, 22 June 1942, Page 3
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