NO MORE DESERT
EIGHTH ARMY’S PURSUIT. (British Official Wireless). RUGBY, December 28. With the arrival at Wadi Bel (El Kebir 40 miles west of Sirte), the Eighth Army lias covered more than half the distance to Tripoli from Mersa Brega, where the present advance began. All this stretch has been desert, but tlie remaining 190 miles is well-watered, specially beyond Misurata, 85 miles ahead. The gap between the Allied forces at oithe end of tlie Mediterranean is narrowed to about 450 miles and El Alamein is now left nearly 800 miles behind On the other side of the gap. the stage is set. for the next phase of the fighting in Tunisia, which is increasing as larger forces arc being brought up.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PAHH19421230.2.36
Bibliographic details
Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15237, 30 December 1942, Page 3
Word Count
122NO MORE DESERT Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15237, 30 December 1942, Page 3
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Pahiatua Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.