| Other ships berthed there included HMA Ships Success, Manoora, Sydney Newcastle, Tobruk and the submarine Farncomb. |
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| After a year he went to the Middle East and spent some months with a field ambulance in Tobruk under enemy siege. |
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| He failed to capture Tobruk, and for over a year the isolated garrison held out against all attempts to take it. |
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| The harbour setting was ideal with HMAS Tobruk and the barque Endeavour positioned either side of the parade, representing the past and present. |
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| After receiving supplies and reinforcements from Tripoli, the Axis attacked again, defeating the Allies at Gazala in June and capturing Tobruk. |
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| By 25 October, Panzer Army fuel stocks were down to three days' supply, of which only two days' worth were east of Tobruk. |
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| In under a month, Commonwealth forces were pushed back into Egypt with the exception of the besieged port of Tobruk. |
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| In January, the small port at Bardia was taken, soon followed by the seizure of the fortified port of Tobruk. |
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| Further, he was constantly threatened by a breakout of the British forces at Tobruk. |
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| Without Tobruk in Axis hands, further advances into Egypt were impractical. |
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| I was among military personnel flying from Stansted to Egypt via Valetta and Tobruk in an Avro-York RAF Troop Carrier. |
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| Intended to relieve the siege at Tobruk, this operation also failed. |
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| One month after Dieppe, most of the 11th Royal Marine Battalion was killed or captured in an ill staged amphibious landing at Tobruk in Operation Agreement. |
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