The last allied defenseline ahead of the oilfields has been broken, with a large number of casualties in men and material. It will be very difficult to replace those, considering that recruitment of local forces is becoming increasingly difficult. A nationalist crusade of our party officials in our rear is causing alienation. Also we are still not in comand of the entire mediterranean, so all our materials are arriving
as far as from Tobruk. A sustained attack will become more and more difficult.
