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Rommel Driven From El Agheila Pressing Westward
War brief reports Rommel’s forces driven from El Agheila and in retreat toward Tripoli. Montgomery’s army action praised for paralyzing impact as Libyan battle shifts. Earlier attempts at El Agheila by Wavell and Auchinleck recalled. Montgomery now advances past the desert bottleneck near the sea. Local Russian gains noted on three fronts with large German losses and transport plane attrition.
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