ENEMY AVOIDS ACTION
TANK FORCES SCATTERED (Omclal wireless) (Received Feb. 13, 1 p.m.) RUGBY, Feb. 12 Allied mobile columns and patrols continued their aggressive activities in the general area of Gazala, Tmimi and Mekili, says a Cairo communique. Enemy forces, including some tanks, were encountered to the west near Mekili.. They scattered and withdrew upon being engaged by our artillery fire. Other mobile columns were observed but our troops were unable to bring them to battle. The British Air Force provided fighter protection over the whole area of operations, while our bombers again attacked targets in the rear.
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Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21653, 13 February 1942, Page 3
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