ROMMEL REINFORCED
PREPARING TO MAKE STAND BAST OF TRIPOLI. REPORT FROM MOROCCO. Suited Press Assn. —By RU\ lrl<. Te I egrapb.. —Cop v rush t - LONDON, lan. 2. Rommel has received reinforcements and is preparing his main stand Immediately eastwards of Tripoli, reports the Morocco radio. Tlie Eighth Army after its high-speed drive to 50 miles beyond Sirte is now concentrating for a fresh blow against the tattered Afrika Korps. Advanced units are closely following Rommel’s rearguard retreating from Wadi Elchebir. The German News Agency says the spearhead or thu .British forces consists ol part of the British Seventh Armoured Division, the second New Zealand Division, the Britsli Tenth Armoured Division and the reinforced I‘iftyhrst Highland Division
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXII, Issue 15239, 4 January 1943, Page 3
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117ROMMEL REINFORCED Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXII, Issue 15239, 4 January 1943, Page 3
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