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...five miles outside the town within the outer ring. But Tobruch was thought to be undermanned and underequipped. Half the Italian artillery, ammunition and transports, one-third of the Italian Army was already in British hands. Moreover, Tobruch was known to be dependent on tankers from Dérna for its water supply. And Italian captives in Bardia were sure Tobruch could not hold out. Said one colonel: "No force in the world could have stood up to the R. A. F. bombing. They came as regularly as chimes of a clock. Bombs and shells were exploding among our defenses...