COAST ROAD BLOCKED
BRITISH GRIP GROWING TIGHTER I UNITS FORTY MILES WEST 1 OF TOBRUK. NEW FORCES CONSTANTLY ’ .ARRIVING. 'By Telegraph — I’re-i .-V wi.mon- Copyright) | LONDON. January !? . By reaching Gazala, 40 miles j west of Tobruk, the Army of the : Nile has ensured that neither Hal- I ian reinforcements nor supplies j will traverse the coast road to T obruk. It premature to say ’.ha: the I encirclement »i Tobruk has been corn- t pieted, but armoured units and light ■ tank - are patrolling the desert plateati * west of Trobruk. and the Britn.li grip! :s tightening every hour. New forces ■ are constantly arriving and patrols ares wstcmatirallv sounding the strength . o’f the defences Raid-; are assessing every swell and ■ fold in t!;r ground as a future battle-i — ‘ 1
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 January 1941, Page 5
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