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THE HISTORIC BATTLE OF EGYPT

TORRUK ASIDIA SOI CUM BUQ BUQ SIDI BAHRANI MAKŢILA MURSA MATBUH TUXA EL BABA

ILALAKEIN ILMAARMAN

· ALEXANDRIA ANDORRA

DAMIES TA PORT VAID

TRACKS TO

SIWA

PLATEAU

Why

We

ERRA

Shall

Win By Philip Jordan

THERE is now being

fought on Egyptian

soil what may yet prove to be one of the decisive battles

WHO WAS "NEWS-CHRONICLE" WAR

CORRESPONDENT IN EGYPT ·

Hongkong Telegraph. of the world. We shall win and infantry are probably the

Friday, Aug: 22, 1941. Wyndham St., Hongkong

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Is used by the "Rongkong Telegraph to

length, It is a natural tank trap with sides 600ft. high; and because it lies where it does there is only one way for an at- tacking army to reach Alexan- drla; and that is slap through Meran Matruh itself. I do not think we need fear that. Rash it may be to prophesy; but I will say here and now that the only Germans who will go enet of Mersa Matruh will go as pri- soners of war.

If, then, you hear of fighting at Bug Bug, at Sidi Barrani, do, not imagine for a second that all or much is lost, Mersa Mat- TOBRUK will take a lot ruh is the only place from which maximum number that could be

of silencing. It may a defence can be mounted. it.

put into the field without never be silenced; but in the

If we decide to counter-at- But such a statement weighting the scales too violent- meantime, so long as it holds needs explanation, for it ly on the side of certain defeat, out, il delays the attack proper tack, of course, it may be that on Egypt and thus gives us time the Germans will never reach

Matruh. But has none of the frivolity

to mass troops and equipment cenerals alone know whether we which characterises the

at Mersa Matruh, where our

Morsa

our

indicate news which is strictly copyright utterances of the so-called To mount a desert opera- commanders may well choose to are yet strong enough to take under the provisions of the Telecom" military spokesman in

callons Ordinaner, 1916. Buck bears thin indication "UP" is received in

tion a more finely ad- meet the enemy: longkong on the date of publication by Cairo. It is a serious state- justed balance between supply

the United Press Associations, who re

to the offensive., Indications date are that we will, for the We hear stories of fler time being, remain on the de-

serve all rights and forbid repubilestions, ment, made with no wish to and demand has to govern the arrangement in part without previous underestimate the gravity directing brain than is the case fighting here and there. Fierce, fensive; and that an attempt _in__warfare acrosy inhabited no doubt, it is: but not impor- will be made to isolate the of the situation or to sup- territories. In desert war the tant in the ultimate sense ex- enemy from. Europe. pose for one second that it land yields nothing

THE ACHILLES HEEL

THE latest news from Russia

is not quite so encouraging as it was two weeks ago. The

mile battle front. Soviet troops

ure

to

the cept so far as it continually

its teats the extended strength of

the enemy: delays his arrival closer to Mersa Matruh, and

is of no importance that soldiers who fight across German mechanised units, face.

DISAPPOINTING and discouraging ng the handled by superbly trained Taken by and large, then, we makes it possible for. the Navy soldiers, are now fighting may say that our troops have to play in defence as sound a news from Libya is, and as it lose heart or criticise without Germans have admittedly made on Egyptian territory from probably already felt the full part as it played in attack last will be for a time, we must not

weight of the enemy's attack. It February. distinct advances and gained which the nearest enemy may slacken, but it is unlikely

the facts. When all these facts The Navy is already in uc- certain strategic positions which was more than 250 miles to increase.

tion, in fact. The annihilation are made public wo shall know for certain that Wavell was, must necessarily prove a cor- only a few short weeks ago. For the air no such correct of entire enemy convoys in the right not to have gone on to

narrows is an respondingly serious blow to the

We suffered a tremendous estimate can be made. In Lon- Mediterranean Saviel. But apart from this, set-back. Let us admit that don it is believed that the Ger- indirect contribution of inesti- Tripoll. With the material at destroyed an army with a hand- little is known of what is at once. But the situation, mans have moved something mable value to our land forces, his hand he did wonders: he Uke 1,000 aircraft-fighters,

And with that actually happening on the 1,200 as this article will show, so bombers and dive-bombers-into In slightly smaller degree so ful of men.

That the far from being irredeem-Southern Italy, Sicily and Tri- is its successful bombardments handful and a few more he des-

of Fort Capuzzo, where its well- troyed an empire. retreating able, can and will be saved. poli.

placed shells have destroyed. across the Dnieper may indicate Although the menace to British and Imperial pilots many enemy vehicles and in-

Schools' Reforms that the German push is too Egypt has not been re- have long and valuable ex- flicted a number of casualties.

Mersa Matruh itself is a powerful to resist, or it may moved it has been im- perience of desert flying, a cir-

After War cumstance which adds to their mean-that-General Budenny is mobilised. The true danger mastery of the air, for degert strong fortress, aided not only

-by-the-ingenuity-of-man, but.... "The President-of-the-Board-of anxious to conserve his forces to our position in the Middle flying is altogether different

particularly by nature. This is for later assault. He is well East and to our industrial from flying in Europe, which no time to speak in detail of its Education recently sold

on the methods by which post-war aware that the further the interests to the east of the has so far been the sole training artificial defences. If the Ger- Department had completed a report' mans ever reach here they will educational reforms might be effect- Suez Canal is from the air, ground of the Nazis. Nazis penetrate into the coun-

The main consideration is no doubt learn something of ed. He was speaking at the London try the approach of winter will

that this air superiority must be them by bitter experience. maintained if the Battle of add to their difficulties and

be in doubt. winter is now not far off along WHEN the Germans ad- Egypt is not to

vanced suddenly upon Not only must the enemy be the greater portion of the Rus-Benghazi in much greater force prevented from free operation BUT its natural defences machinery are old-fashioned already; are such that an attack- after the war they will be obsolete," he said. sinn front. At the same time than our military intelligence over Egypt itself, but also from to range with the actual strength of the two had expected their ultimate aim being able

He suggested that the first great was the naval base of Alexan- fighters and bombers over. the ing force could not reasonably

to make senior opposing armies is not known drin in the Nile delta. We can Mediterranean, where Germany hope ever to by-pass it and go on taske might be

take that for granted. If Alex- has no ships to challenge our towards the Nile delta. Sauth elementary schools, secondary schoola of it, a little to the east, lies the and junior technical schools all of andria were captured Egypt naval superiority.

great Kattara depression, equal status, and esteem and they would immediately fall.

marsh hundreds of feet below must set 18 as the age when State sea level, hundreds of miles in education should cease...

and will probably remain con- jectural until the final stages of

the war.

The Germans threw into Lib- It has always been conceded

ya, at considerable risk, far that Russia's weakness does not heavier forces than were neces-

ار

*

BETWEEN Benghazi and

Alexandria there are

that his

conference of the Association Education Committees.

of

"Our educational framework and

lie in the direction of man-sary to create merely a diver-" power-the known population of sion sufficiently strong to draw about 750 miles of comparative GRIN AND BEAR IT

north enough troops to prevent desert. An army forced to former and the Union allows for this ad-us either from completing the abandon the mission-but the actual armour-conquest of Italian East Africa charged with the duty of defend-

ed strength of the country or or from sending adequate mili- ing the latter has a choice of tary assistance to Greece. only two places from which to of its air force has never been

What they launched against fight. Tobruk and Mersa Ma-

truh. divulged, and neutral observers

Egypt was A full-scale of- are still forbidden to visit the fensive, that is to say, an of- Tobruk and Mersa Matruh fighting zone. Mr Harry Hop-fensive built on a scalo as large are the only two possible de- as they can operate with ef- fence positions, along this line kins, however, when in Moscow ficiency under conditions that from which a numerically smal- talked with Soviet leaders and make it impossible to supply ler and worse equipped army unless their information was in- really large numbers of rapidly can offer any real resistance. tentionally misleading, he must moving troops with everything Tobruk and Meran Matruh

that they need.

are still in British hands. have received sufficiently re

We do not know for certain."

assuring data to encourage the how many troops they have; but It is true that German mech-

sanding of British and Ameri-I see no reason to alter the es- anised units have by-passed, as it re- can aid to that country in large timate of about three mecha- Tobrak; but so long and increasing quantities. Pre-nised divisions. These three mains in British hands they divisions there may be four-- cannot throw the full weight of sident Roosevelt, who probably together with ancillary troops their attacking force against

Egypt. have gained his information largely from Mr Hopkins' re-draw upon. But the question of oll Units that have gone on to port, expressed himself on his consumption is one Uut may deter- Sollum and descended the es return to Washington from his mine Germany's downfall. The ex- momentous meeting with Mr tent of Hitler resources in this res- carpment into Eggyptian terri- Winston Churchill, as satisficit pect aignifies the extent of Germany's tory are no doubt formidable; in armoured divisions. That but they can achieve little or that Russia could resist almost

consumption of this es- nothing until Tobruk, commodity is enormous is an

or from Nazi lender

the

the

In the face of the Russian re. Go Equirements from Rumania Indefinitely. This is good news sentialed fapt. It is also known menace, to their left flank, is

any cannot hope to obtain silenced. treat which can, therefore, be all her

So far from being silenc moro easily listed as a strategic

synthetic supplies. That

erve Tobruk is giving evidence :la xtraining every nerve move rather than a defent; -

Germany's strength, in spite of to reach further supplies of oil is great vitality. From its do- many statistics and expert opinion, equally clear. If these supplies had fences Imperial troops have ts as unknown a quality as Russia's been adequate, why did he invade made sorties which have re to-day: Germany's armoured equipussia at this time Instead of attack" sulted in a great deal of damage ment is said to be enormous and ing Britain before her strength

to the enemy forces. Hitler has the whole of Europe, to too formidable?

grows

·

By Lichty

"You never argue with mo, Harold:

been: married for

would think we'd;