Cipher message no. CS/1259 from Auchinleck to Winston Churchill, stating that he has ordered [Lt.-Gen. Neil] Ritchie to deny to the enemy the general line Acroma-El Adem-Bir el Gubi; that, although he does not intend that the 8th Army should be besieged in Tobruk, he has no intention whatever of giving up Tobruk; and proposing, in the meantime, to build up a strong reserve in the Sollum-Maddalena area with the object of launching a counter-offensive as soon as possible. Typescript.
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- ReferenceGB 133 AUC/925
- Dates of Creation15 Jun 1942
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