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Containing Moves. When they had recovered from the first shock, the German armored forces took the initiative. They had three aims: 1) to engage and destroy as many British tanks as possible south of Sidi Rezegh; 2) to maintain a channel to the west below Tobruk, through which infantry and some mechanized forces could escape; 3) to create a diversion behind the British lines. This last move gave the British a short, sharp scare. Tank patrols actually penetrated several miles into Egypt before the British threw them back...
...conceded a British thrust into occupied territory and said coldly that the attacking forces were repelled with heavy losses. Britain's Ministry of Information replied smugly that the raiding party returned intact with one lone casualty-a man shot in the arm. The Commandos-small, hardened, specially trained shock-invasion troops, who have raided enemy territory from Norway to Africa-had struck again successfully...
...Capital newshawks had not dug up the story, Topeka, Kans. would have had the shock of its life on Armistice Day. With their secret out, the cavalry at Fort Riley took a new tack, sent the city an ultimatum: "Citizens of Topeka . . . your city is doomed! We will move in and capture it and its people today. . . . Resistance is futile...
Though Harvard's pigskin panzers will swing into gridiron battle against Eli's shock troops tomorrow afternoon, the Red and Blue Glee Clubs are scheduled to join in perfect harmony tonight in Paine Hall at eight-thirty...
BERLIN--German shock troops were reported officially today to have captured Kerch and 101,600 of the Russians defending it, and military spokesmen said the Germans might strike on across the Korchenski Straits into the Caucasus on the momentum of their present drive, without waiting to map up Crimoa...