CAIRO--The British Eighth Army, after hurtling across the Libyan hump in a one-day advance of 66 to 90 miles, converged on Benghazi today in pursuit of Axis armies reported digging in for a desperate stand at El Agheila, 140 miles to the southwest.
Sweeping westward on a wide front, British tanks and infantry yesterday pushed to within 70 miles of Benghazi, main Axis north African supply port east of Tripoli, a communiquo announced. The British were believed advancing on Peughazi from the east and northeast, one column following the coastal road around the Libyan hump and the other striking directly across the desert.
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