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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 30, 1941:

TOBRUK'S GARRISON WAITS FOR COMMAND TO ADVANCE AMERICAN

OFFICERS

(By Reuter's Special Correspondent Inside AT FRONT

Tobruk)

A group of American Air Corps officers, headed by Major-General George will tour the

AFTER BARELY FIVE months in this sec- tor, during which time they have made mili-Brett, tary history, the British Imperial gorrison at Tobruk waits only for the day when the big push comes and they will receive orders to break through the perimeter and go up with the Allied armies which will roll back the Axis forces.

African, Near East, Medi- terranean and Atlantic war fronts for first-hand study of British needs in American aviation equip- ment.

The U.S. War Department, an- nouncing this yesterday, said the

published and there was no fixed schedule for the length or itiner- ary of the trip.

Soldiers' lives here are unbelievably hard date of departure would not be and monotonous and, save for an occasional swim in the sea, they know no comforts what-

ever.

But if Goebbels likes to believe that their morale is not good, he welcome to do so, for the truth is that the barracks are full

is

GUNNERS

of that cheerful grousing with ACTIVE AT

which first-class soldiers relleve their feelings during periods of comparative inaction,

In five months no man has more than one pint of beer or, on rare occasions, a small tot of whiskey. Water distilled from the sea requires something fin order to make it palatable but It is a treat to have Bome lime juice added,

The fighting area is approxi- mately the size of the Isle of Wight and resembles a painting, by Salvador Dali of a desolate landscape.

Independent Front

I came to Tobruk in one of the Navy's newest and fastest ves- sels, meeting with not the slight est opposition although we steam- ed at times so close to the enemy coast that we could observe buildings ashore..

at.

Despite five months of tempts to knock British ships out of the harbour, our vessels still use it at will, manifestly ไก considerable numbers view of the large supplies needed.

In

near the Standing on a hill harbour one easily sees the point where the perimeter ends on the beach beyond which stretches the enemy coastline.

It can be truly said that Tobruk is not a besieged city but rather an independent front which, though

is. momentarily quiet, destined to play a key part in any future drive to oust the Ger- mans and Italians Anally from Africa. Reuter.

TEHERAN SCARCITY OF FOOD

FOOD AND OTHER COMMO- DITIES ARE SCARCE IN TEH- ERAN, BREAD BEING ALMOST UNOBTAINABLE. C ́R ́OW⋅D-S WAIT FOR HOURS... OUTSIDE BAKERS' SHOPS AND THEN ONLY GET VERY POOR QUAL- ITY STUFF.".

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The trip will give Major-Gen. Brett an opportunity of studying personally two particularly press- ing problems, those relating to the maintenance and repair of air equipment and those relating to supply.

The War Department explains that the maintenance and sup- ply of American aircraft in the war zones has been made more difficult because of lack of per- sonnel familiar with them, It is believed the studies in the ENEMY ARTILLERY WAS AC-battle zones "will make possible TIVE AT TOBRUK YESTERDAY the elimination of existing bottle- AND THERE WERE SEVERAL necks in the

use of DIVE-BOMBING ATTACKS RE-equipment.”—Reuter. SULTING IN LITTLE DAMAGE, BAYS A BRITISH COMMUNI QUE 188UED IN CAIRO.

In Libya our artillery success- fully engaged a large enemy work party.

American

CUTTING OUT ARMY POLISH

In the frontier area there was

It was stated In the House of some exchange of artillery fire.

Commons that instructions had At Jarabub, onemy aircraft been given that all webbing dropped bombs causing slight equipment and brasses, likely to damage to the Senussi mosque be used by troops on active ser- there.-Reuter.

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