[Printed handbill.] Eighth Army. Personal Message from the Army Commander. To be read out to All Troops.

1p., 4to. A frail survival: In good condition, on aged high-acidity paper, with closed tear repaired with archival tape on reverse. A stirring message, divided into four sections, the first reading: '1. The leading units of Eighth Army are now only about 200 miles from TRIPOLI. The enemy is between us and that port, hoping to hold us off.' 'The enemy will try to stop us', Montgomery warns, but 'Nothing has stopped us since the battle of Egypt began on 23rd October, 1942. Nothing will stop us now.' Two points in capital letters: '2. THE EIGHTH ARMY IS GOING TO TRIPOLI.' and '4. ON TO TRIPOLI!' Scarce: the only copy on COPAC at the Imperial War Museum and the only copies on OCLC WorldCat at the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress.