Show q 0 y A t i x a 4 n. n Se k kV V V V r N s 3 z y yo x o- o a r 0 GEN Lessons at Dieppe were costly 1 BIG CLASH NEAR ON EGYPT FRONT CAIRO Aug 27 GP Allied P-Allied Allied airmen airmen airmen air air- men already have begun peeling off the thin veneer of calm calmon on the western desert too crucial a battlefield battlefield battlefield bat bat- to stay quiet long and rested reinforced armies on both sides of the line are ready to lock in what may be a supreme battle of the war The two month lull may erupt into another major struggle when the Jie brightness of a full desert moon begins to wane Thursday night or the break may come Friday or later But whenever it comes the British British Brit Brit- British ish are sure of three things things things-it it wont won't be long they and their American allies are ready and Prime Minister Churchill has promised them every aid possible to Lo put up a fight as though for England's own soil Growing Groning Air Activity One portent of a developing new newbattle newbattle battle Dattle on which may hinge mastery mastery mastery mas mas- tery of the Mediterranean and Hitler's hopes of closing a giant nutcracker on the middle east through Egypt and across the Caucasus Caucasus Caucasus Cau Cau- casus was the growing scale of allied air activity United States army airmen have participated in attacks ranging from and other German Germar occupied desert posts to shipping in Suda bay Crete and the Corinth Corinth Corinth Co Co- Co- Co canal In Greece in the past 48 hours ours In virtually all the raids the Americans worked in cooperation with the R RAF A F and were reported to have caused considerable dam dam- age The Crete and Greece raids were directed mainly on shipping The extent of the damage there was unknown U. U S. S Fliers Participate American fliers now are participating participating participating par par- nightly in nearly al all all raids over the entire middle east battle zone I Long range R RAF A F fighters raked rake enemy transport columns west of ofEl ofEl ofEl El Tuesday killing or disabling hundreds of axis troops and destroying 20 vehicles headed toward the front lines loaded with soldiers In a ground attack later that night New Zealand forces composed composed composed com com- posed mainly of Maoris raided axis positions around the El sec section tion in the center of the desert deser front taking prisoners The attack was said to have hav caught Italian troops by surprise and caused them heavy casualties Military officials said however that the operation was regarded only as a local action not the opening of a big scale attack The British headquarters R R A F Thursday reported a seizing prisoner-seizing assault on axis lines in the central sector Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day night and attacks by long range fighters on enemy supplies being trucked over the coastal road In the first air operation on this thi front combining United States State army air force medium bombers South African light bombers RAF and naval planes four axis ai air airbases airbases bases in the Sidi and El E Daba areas were raided Well placed informants in London London London Lon Lon- don who could not otherwise b be identified said they had no knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge a new battle had started but bu that considerable movement behind behind behind be be- hind nazi Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's lines indicated he was wa about ready to try to drive th the thelast thelast last 80 miles from El EI to Alexandria |