HEAT AND SAND
GERMAN TROOPS EXHAUSTED GREAT TEST OF ENDURANCE ENEMY FORCE EJECTED j 'United Press Assn—F.lec. Tel. Copyright; LONDON, May 6 j Heavy sandstorms and furnace- ! like heat are testing the endurance jof the Germans in the Solium and i Tobruk areas, according to military ! circles in Cairo, says a British official •wireless message. It is believed that | the enemy attacks have proved exI hausting to its troops as well as ! costly. | Further progress has been made by : Imperial forces advancing northward : from Dessie on the rear of the Italian , position about Amba Alagi. The position is described as very promising. Imperial troops ejected a strong ] enemy force holding a position cov|ering Adowa, and inflicted heavy casualties. In other sectors the advance is continuing.
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21415, 8 May 1941, Page 7
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