The RAF. gave everything they had, and it was too good for the Germans, One of the saddest losses in the recent battle is the death of a well-known pilot, who exhausted his ammunition when flying a Hurricane and, slowing down for reconnaissauce purposes, came over the escarpment with inches to spare with two Messerschmitts on his tail, Flying superbly he flicked in and out of river-beds 30 feet from the ground and 10 feet from the escarpment, finally disappearing with the Messerschmitts on his tail, His machine riddled with bullets and belching smoke he safely landed but as he stepped out of his machine a Messerschmitt dived and shot him through the thigh with an explosive bullet: When stretcher-bearers arrived he handed in his reconnaissance maps, made a verbal report, and died where he lay.
Desert warfare resembles a naval battle fought in miniature on land. Key positions like Sollum, Capuzzo and Tobruk are equivalent to naval bases and correspondingly important, but possession of the sweltering sandy wastes between these points is more of a liability than an asset on account of the difficulties of supply. problems,—Reuter.
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