The Italian army was driven back to a point from which it cannot retire farther except by sea.
All idea of marching into the desert is at present abandoned so long as the Tarks hold the oasis, which measures fifteen miles long by five wide. Tripoli is exactly in the position of a besieged city. General Cancva's position is one of stale-mate auloss he chooses to take offensive, of which there are no opera is raging among the in Tripoli and also among the troops.
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