May In Monday's thrust, the enemy appeared to be using about 200 vehicles, operating in independent columns without supply lines. These lines could be established later, if the Germans found they had penetrated far enough to make them necessary.
Starting at sunrise the enemy flung out five columns towards All the columns were e: ged and a battle raged from the sea, between Sol-lum and Bugbuq, miles into the desert.
The first German column, pushing along a coastal road leading to Sidi-bari i, encountered British advanced offensive positions. Another column, which came down from an escarpment, curved southwards from the second and encountered advance Brith parties along the coastal plain. The third and fourth columns crossed the Egyptian frontier west of Sol-lum and the fifth tried to sweep around to the south of the British forces. The battle on the escarpment top was one of immense mobility, ince desi in the t waste, rolling columns can pass unnoticed within a few miles of each other.—Reuter.
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