MYSTERY OF TOBRUK
WHY DID IT FALL?
United Press Af sn.—By Flee trie Telegraph.—Co Dv right.
CAPETOWN, July 3
Major-General Devilliers. who recently commanded tlie Second South African Division in Libya, referring to Tobruk, said: tc l have heard it said: Why didn't we hold Tobruk longer? J was a commander a month before the fall and I know then that it was not contemplated that Tobruk should be held if the evacuation of the Gazala line were decided on. I do not know what happened in th • meantime.”
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15086, 4 July 1942, Page 3
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