NEVER GET THROUGH

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21416, 9 May 1941, Page 5

NEVER GET THROUGH

NAZI LOSSES AT TOBRUK SUCCESS OF AUSTRALIANS ACCURATE FIRE OF BRITISH f United Press, Assn.—Elcc. Tel. Copyricbl) (Received May 9, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, May 8 German infantrymen, with flamethrowers, made an unsuccessful attempt to dislodge the Australians from dug-outs and underground concrete posts at Tobruk, reports the British United Press correspondent inside the fortress. The alarm was given from a listening post near the front line and the attackers were driven off by heavy fire from the main defence posts. The Australians are full of praise for the British artillery. “The Germans will never get through,” said one Australian. “From the front posts we see truck load after truck load of Germans go sky-high as they are caught by the accurate fire of the British artillery.” British Patrols Active A communique issued by British Headquarters in Cairo announces that in the Solium areas British patrols have again been active. In Abyssinia further positions covering the approach from the north to Ambalagi have been captured and a number of prisoners taken. In all other areas operations are continuing satisfactorily.