Recapture of Tobruk
Title
Recapture of Tobruk
Description
Article. Headlines: recapture of Tobruk, Sollum and Bardia also occupied by eighth army, troop-carriers filled with Germans shot down in sea mentions six large aircraft shot down flying north from Tunisa, pace of pursuit 130 miles in two days. Sketch map showing landings area in Morocco and Algeria.
Date
1942-11-14
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
Two newspaper cuttings mounted on a scrapbook page
Publisher
The Times
IBCC Digital Archive
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Identifier
SValentineJRM1251404v10027
Transcription
THE TIMES SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14 1942
RECAPTURE OF TOBRUCK
SOLLUM AND BARDIA ALSO OCCUPIED BY EIGHTH ARMY
TROOP-CARRIERS FILLED WITH GERMANS SHOT DOWN IN SEA
Tobruk is again in the hands of the Eighth Army, and Sollum and Bardia have also fallen.
Six large Axis troop-carriers, filled with Germans, have been shot down into the Mediterranean while flying north from Tunisia.
PACE OF PURSUIT
130 MILES IN TWO DAYS
From Our Special Correspondent
21st Panzer division, 90th Light division, 164th Light division. Tenth Italian Corps. – Brescia division, Pavia division, Folgore division. Twentieth Italian Corps. –Ariete armoured division. Littorio armoured division, Trieste division, Twenty-first Italian Corps. – Trento division, Bologna division.
“Prisoners captured number 30,000, including nine generals. The amount of tanks, artillery, anti-tank guns, transport, aircraft &c., destroyed or captured.
[map]
RECAPTURE OF TOBRUCK
SOLLUM AND BARDIA ALSO OCCUPIED BY EIGHTH ARMY
TROOP-CARRIERS FILLED WITH GERMANS SHOT DOWN IN SEA
Tobruk is again in the hands of the Eighth Army, and Sollum and Bardia have also fallen.
Six large Axis troop-carriers, filled with Germans, have been shot down into the Mediterranean while flying north from Tunisia.
PACE OF PURSUIT
130 MILES IN TWO DAYS
From Our Special Correspondent
21st Panzer division, 90th Light division, 164th Light division. Tenth Italian Corps. – Brescia division, Pavia division, Folgore division. Twentieth Italian Corps. –Ariete armoured division. Littorio armoured division, Trieste division, Twenty-first Italian Corps. – Trento division, Bologna division.
“Prisoners captured number 30,000, including nine generals. The amount of tanks, artillery, anti-tank guns, transport, aircraft &c., destroyed or captured.
[map]
Citation
“Recapture of Tobruk,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 18, 2022, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/20887.
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