Word: niles
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Britain's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Chief of Imperial General Staff General Sir John Greer Dill flew to Cairo last week. The two men carried with them a tremendous responsibility. Two weeks before, the British had captured Bengasi, and for two weeks the Imperial Army of the Nile had been consolidating its conquests. The messages these two men took from London to General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, the discussions all three would have, and the plans Sir Archibald and his aides would then draw up -these things would decide not only the future operations of the Army...
Would the Army of the Nile transform itself into the Army of Salonika? Was an invasion of Sicily the plan? Would General Wavell push on to Tripoli? Answers to these questions were firmly shut away in the brief cases and the minds of these three men. In Ankara it was rumored that Anthony Eden would soon fly to Turkey, to brace the wavering demi-ally. At week's end Turkey's Foreign Minister Sükrü Saracoglu made a speech indicating that, even in Cairo, Anthony Eden was a bracer...
...could say, last week just what the Army of the Nile was up to, just what Messrs. Eden, Dill and Wavell had up their sleeves. Unquestionably it was some rush job. Now, as never before, Britain was faced with the need for decision, boldness, speed...
Last week, in the exultant lull after finishing off Cyrenaica, in the expectant lull before the next job, whatever it was, the boys in the Army of the Nile thought of loved ones at home. For their benefit romantic Postmaster General William Shepherd Morrison announced a numbered code of love for Near East forces and their ladies. A cable of three phrases, plus signature and address, cost two shillings sixpence (50?). Said Postmaster General Morrison: "Every degree of affection is provided for. You pay your money and take your choice." Examples...
...Nazi regents a favor. But in whatever fashion the peace overture might proceed, it seemed clear that Hitler's Bulgarian grab would soon be succeeded by a wide Eastern Mediterranean push. At week's end, the great question was whether Britain's Imperial Army of the Nile, whose whereabouts have been unreported since the fall of Bengasi, was being convoyed under the guns of newly fortified Lemnos across the Mediterranean to meet the challenge...