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THE HISTORIC BATTLE OF EGYPT

BURUK BALLA SOLARNI KUQ BUQ SIDI BAHKANI MAXŢILA'MIERGA MATRUH FUKA EL PANA

ELALAMFIN ELIAMMAN ALEXANDRIA

DAMILIJA PORRI SAU

Why

We

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

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

Friday, Aug. 22, 1941.. Wyndham St., Hongkong Telephone; 20015.

THE prefix "Special to the Telegraph Isured by the "longkong 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- dria; and that is slap through Meraa Matruh itself. I do not think wo. nced fear that. Rash it may be to prophesy; but I will say here and now that the only Germans who will go cast of Mersa Matruh will go as pri- -Boners of war.

If, then, you hear of fighting at Bug Bun, 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. lit.

put into the field without never be silenced; but in the 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 has none of the frivolity

which characterises the

Indiente news which is strictly copyright utterances of the so-called under the provisions of the Telecommuni. military spokesman in

cations Ordinance, 1936. Ench news, bears the Indication "U 1 received in

the United Preis Arelations, who re

arrangement

THE ACHILLES HEEL

it was two weeks ago. The

in

across

its

far as it continually to the cept su

tests the extended strength of the enemy: delays his arrival

our

and

If we decide to counter-al- tack, of course, it may be thut out, it delays the attack prop the Germans will never reach on Egypt and thus gives us time Morga Matruh. But to mass troops and equipment at Mersa Matruh, where our generals alone know whether we to To mount a desert opera commanders may well choose to are yet strong enough to take

the offensive. Indications tion a more finely ad- meet the enemy.

date are that we will, for the We hear stories of fier 2 time being, remain on the de- Hongkong on the date of publication by Cairo. It is a serious state- justed balance between supply serve all rights and forbid repubilestions, ment, made with no wish to and demand has to govern the ghting here and there. Fierze, fensive; and that an attempt affangwelly or in part without previous underestimate the gravity directing brain than is the case

warfare

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 latest news from Russia is of no importance that soldiers who fight across

German mechanised units, face.

closer to Mersa Matruh, and DISAPPOINTING

discouraging as the is not quite so encouraging as 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 fucts The Navy is already in ac certain strategic positions which was more than 250 miles to increase.

tion, in fact. The annihilation are made public we shall know must necessarily prove a cor-only a few short weeks ago.

For the air no such correct of entire enemy convoys In the for certain that Wavell was respondingly serious blow to the We suffered a tremendous estimate can be made. In Lon- Mediterranean narrows is an right not to have gone on to Tripoli. With the material at Soviet. But apart from this, set-back. Let us admit that don it is believed that the Ger- indirect contribution of inesti- his hand he did wonders: he have moved something mable value to our land forces, destroyed an army with a hand- little is known of what is at once. But the situation, mans

aircraft-fightera, like 1,000

In slightly smaller degree so ful of men. And with that actually happening on the 1,200 as this article will show, so bombers and dive-bombers-into mile battle front. 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. Soviet troops are 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- that the German push is too Egypt has not been re-have long and valuable ex- flicted a number of casualties.

Meran Matruh, itself is powerful to resist, or it may moved it has been im- perience of desert flying, a cir- cumstance which adds to their mean that General Budenny is mobilised: The true danger mastery of the air, for desert strong fortress, aided not only

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

Education recently said that fils for later assault. He is well East and to our industrial from flying in Europe, which particularly by nature. This is

artificial defences. If the Ger- Department had completed a report that the further the interests to the east of the has so far been the sole training no-time to speak in detail of its

Suez Canal is from the air. ground of the Nazis.

mang ever reach here they will on the methods by which post-war educational reforms might be affect- Nazis penetrate into the coun-

The main consideration is no doubt learn something of ed. He was speaking at the London conference of the Association of that this air superiority must be them by bitter experience. try the approach of winter will

maintained if the Battle of

Education Committees. add to their difficulties and

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

vanced suddenly, upon Not only must the enemy be the greater portion of the Rus- Benghazi in much greater force prevented from free operation 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

was the naval base of Alexan- fighters and bombers over the ing force could not reasonably opposing armies is not known, drin in the Nile delta. We can Mediterranean, where Germany hope ever to by-pass it and go on task might be and will probably remain con- take that for granted. If Alex- has no ships to challenge our towards the Nile delta. South elementary schools, secondary schools of it, a little to the cast, lies the and junior technical schools all of jectural until the final stages 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 Stato the war.

sen level, hundreds of miles in education should cease.

aware

It has always been conceded that Russia's weakness does not lle in the direction of man-

ed strength of the country or of its air force has never been

The Germans threw into Lib

yn, at considerable risk, far heavier forces than were neces- sary to create merely a diver

BETWEEN Benghazi and

Alexandria there are

to

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UT its natural defences BUT

are such that an attack-

Schools' Reforms After War

"Our educational framework and machinery are old-fashioned already; after the war they will be obsolete,”

he gold.

.

He suggested that the first great to make senfor

power the known population of sion sufficiently strong to draw about 750 miles of comparative GRIN AND BEAR IT

army forced north enough troops to prevent desert. An

the former and the Union allows for this ad- us either from completing the abandon mission-but the actual armour-conquest of Italian East Africn charged with the duty of defend- or from sending adequate mili- ing the latter has a choice of tary assistance to Grecce. only two places from which to What they launched against fight. Tobruk and Mersa Ma- divulged, and neutral observers Egypt was ↑ full-scale of truh. are still forbidden to visit the fensive, that is to say, an of- Tobruk and Mersa Matruh fighting zone. Mr Harry Hopfensive built on a scale as large are the only two possible de- kins, however, when in Moscow as they can operate with ef- fence positions along this line ficiency under conditions that from which a numerically smal- worse equipped army | talked with Soviet leaders and make it impossible to supply ler and

offer any real resistance. unless their information was in- really large numbers of rapidly can

Tobruk and Merea Matruh tentionally misleading, he must moving troops with everything

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

Egypt.

largely from Mr Hopkins re- draw upon. But the question of all Units that have gone on to port, expressed himself on his consumption is one that may deter Sollum and descended the es return to Washington from his mine Germany's downfall. The ex- momentous meeting with Mr. Jent of Hitler resources in thin re- carpment into Eggyptian terri eet olgnifies the extent of Germany's tory are no doubt formidable; Winston Churchill, as satisfied strength in armoured divisions. That but they can achieve little on Tobruk, the that Russia could resist almost Germany's consumption of this nothing until indefinitely. This is good newssential commodity is enormous is an menice to their left flank, is acknowledged fact. It Is also known in the face of the Russian re- that treat which can, therefore, bet Germany cannot hope to obtain silenced.

requirements from Rumania more easily listed as a strategic or from synthetic move rather than a defeat.

le supplies.

So far from being silenes! That the ing every nerve Tobruk is giving evidence

Nazi leader is strains of oli is great vitality. From its de-i

Germany's strength, in spite of to reach further

many statistics and expert opinion, equally clear. If these supplies had fonces Imporial troops have is as unknown a quality as Russia's been adequate, why did he invado made sorties which have 19. tu-day. Germany's armoured equip Russia 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 grows to the enemy forces Luter has the whole of Europe to too formidable?

By Lichty

“You never argue with mo, Harold one would think we'd been married for yours!

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