Fought "Much Better Than Many Think"
London, Mar. 8. QELECTED officers are being called back to London fresh from their triumphs in Africa to report on the perfection of Britain's new blitzkrieg warfare in readiness for the completion of plans dor what the War Minister, Captain H. D. R, Margesson, has described as the greatest struggle with Britain's principal' enemy—Germany.
Amongst the first to return are two light and heavy tank officers. They are the bearers of official despatches describing how the whole Italian army in eastern Libya was shattered.
Accounts these two officers gave yesterday carefully refrained from nig away any new milliary secrets, but, they painted graphic pictures. of the final spurt across half of Cyrenlea. Tod by light tanks with cruisers in.support, to out off the Jast of Marshal Grazioni's mechanized forees.
The Tight tank oMlicer, among. the Hest to meet Italian resistance every point. made some interestinyt observations about allan moral and veneral fighting. efficiency. "They fought a great deal better than many people think." he said, "Their gunners were very brave and usually died by their guns, So also were their tank crews, opposing: us in a last desperate effort' to. break through to south Benghazi." "Many units of the Mahan army, however, were Infantry arm only with rifles, snd they had chance against charging tanks,
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