Letter

Scope and Content

Letter from Lt.-Gen. N.M. [Neil] Ritchie to Auchinleck, announcing that he is starting two minor offensive enterprises, one in the neighbourhood of Tmimi, the second in the area of Mechili; describing the location of sections of the 1st South African Division, the main force being concentrated in the Gazala position, and the future disposition of the 4th Indian Division, stating that he has not yet completed his investigation of the circumstances of the withdrawal of the 4th Indian Division; and proposing to use a brigade group to occupy the area between Siwa and Jarabub which will eventually operate westwards towards Jalo. Typescript, signed, with an autograph note by Auchinleck.