Telegram from General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander- in-Chief Middle East] to WSC marked "most secret" containing additional information for the communique on the progress of the battle in Libya: praises Lieutenant- General Neil Ritchie [General Officer Commanding Eighth Army] and his Corps Commanders, Lieutenant-General [Charles] Willoughby Norrie [General Officer Commanding 30 Corps, Eighth Army] and Lieutenant-General William Gott; mentions the excellent performance of the Grant tanks and 6 pounder anti-tank gun; refers to the capture and escape of Major-General Frank Messervy (Commander, 7th Armoured Division).