English Translation

ah - 2 - other war material. In North Africa, the biggest battle of fanzers, which can only be imagined, is under way with undiminished force. The recent British communiqué from Cairo announced that the armies of General Rommels had taken the two villages of Sidi Resek and Bis el Hamed again. Yesterday General Rommel concentrated all of his available forces on this attack and threw the entire German tank forces into battle. Thus it is to be explained that the Axis powers áuf the Tobruk Corridor have achieved some successes. In recent times, the two villages that have been taken back have changed hands almost daily and their re-intake from the German side is not too important It does not matter in this battle to take any points, but rather only to destroy the fine armored forces completely. Of great importance are, of course, the provision and supply possibilities. In this respect, the advantage lies on the British side, to which the Beit. Connection lines up to the hilly border are considerably shorter than the German ones from battleground to Tripoli, so a correspondent expressed himself in yesterday's "Times". The RAF continues successfully in its work and attacks again and again finely. Force contractions and trapport colonies on the most hefty. The successes of the British Air Force are best seen from the number of shot off fine. Aircraft, which since the beginning of the Britt. Offensive in North Africa amounts to 92. In addition 84 finedl machines were destroyed on the ground. In London today the loss of the Australian cruiser "Sidneyä" was announced.This cruiser had a tonnage of 6.83o BRT and had been sunk after a successful attack on the German ship "Steiermark" a disguised merchant ship of all 9.400 BRT. This cruiser has provided the service of excellent veise.Only in the past years had he torpedoed the Italian cruiser "Bartolomäo Colloneo". Today, Prime Minister Churchill announced new measures in the House of Commons to mobilize the military and labour forces of men and women everywhere in Erossbritamia in the fight against litler, after which all miners between the ages of 1 8 and 51 shall be subject to general conscription. In addition, a Heinatwehr shall be established. In addition, all the single days between 20 and 30 years of service are to be subordinated. Churchill justified the necessity of these new provisions and explained in diosen contexti that Great Britain had already survived the critical study of its armaments actions. The United Kingdom is now facing a constant expansion of the Royal Navy as well as the Royal Air Force, which in the year l943 would have reached an even greater löhe than in the years lg42. Moreover, Great Britain must provianise its troops to the east, it must carry for the Indian troops Sor- ge, since it must be prepared for an extension of the fights in the gust. And finally, it would also be Britain's duty and responsibility to send tanks to the Oetfront in order to