Continued Cairo. July 19.
"Kéeping the enemy on his toes" Was the comment offered in British military circles here on British sorties from Tobruk for the third night in-'suecession, Striking southwards across the desert on a Starlit but moonless night, Australian patrols successfully nego-ji fiated enemy barbed wire, advanced along the Eladem road. and attacked isolated enemy posts before. returning to Tobruk as silently as they had left.
The purpose of the raids was said to be primarily for identification, but the effect on enemy moral is not negligible as witnessed by the use for the first time of searchlights in ground defence. These make ap-Broach across desert flats almost' impossible, but also serve to give away enemy positions,—Reuter.
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