A series of alr battles were fought yesterday. over the Straits of Dover: Gnd the French coast in which the Tt Is emphasized that the offensive does not mean a large-scale offensive Sine present battle fs just a continua tion' of the ding-dong struggle pro Eressing ever since the retreat from There was little opposition to the Allied move south of the escarpment; real" fighting began- when troops entered. the. comparatively limited area of desert round Halfaya, which isthe main scene of the present, operations.
"The main point is that while the recent fighting was east of Haltay {he present encounter is to the west, but "it is. early yet to say what developments will follow the thrust,
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