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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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British Eighth Army occupies Derna and Mekili in Libya, pursuing Rommel's retreating forces along the coastal road toward El Agheila. U.S. fighters report no enemy aircraft in the skies. Reported from Cairo on Nov. 17.
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CAIRO, Nov. 17 (AP) - British troops occupied the port of Derna, 150 miles short of Bengasi, and Mekili yesterday, and other units of the British Eighth Army swept by in pursuit of the broken army of Rommel, along the Libyan coastal road.
The position of Rommel's forces was not given in today's communique but they were last reported stretched out along the road from Bengasi to El Agheila. The mass of his battered trucks and equipment apparently is in the El Agheila area, some 400 miles from the main Axis base at Tripoli. Neither was the whereabouts of Rommel's remaining planes, if any, known.
U. S. Middle East headquarters said its fighters scouted the desert skies without finding a sign of any enemy craft.
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Derna, Libya
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Yesterday (Nov. 16)
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british occupation of derna and mekili; rommel's army broken and in retreat toward el agheila; no enemy aircraft sighted
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British troops occupied the port of Derna, 150 miles short of Bengasi, and Mekili yesterday, with other units of the British Eighth Army pursuing Rommel's broken army along the Libyan coastal road. Rommel's forces last reported stretched out from Bengasi to El Agheila, with battered trucks and equipment in the El Agheila area, 400 miles from Tripoli. U.S. fighters scouted desert skies without finding enemy craft.