29 OCTOBER 1943, Page 14

THE DESERT ARMY

StR,—May I congratulate " Strategicus " on his article on the anniversary of Alamein and his remembrance and appreciation of the fighting of the original desert force with then inadequate numbers and even more in- adequate supplies and armament? Perhaps one day a worthy pen will write of Generals Gott, Hobart, Norrie and Lumsden, who made the error of being in the right place too early. We may even know who was the guilty one who let finely spirited cavalry and tank regiments fight with 2-lb. guns for so long. We might yet be told who it was who told the commander of the armoured division in pre-war days that they heard far too often of his demands for his luxury outfit.—Yours, &c., Ex CROSSBELT.