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TOBRUK (anc. Antipyrgos)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 1043 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TOBRUK (anc. Antipyrgos)

TOBRUK (anc. Antipyrgos) , a See also:

settlement with small See also:

TURKISH

Turkish See also:

garrison on a See also:

FINE

fine natural See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour situated on the N. See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

Africa at the intersection of 32° N. See also:

LAT

Lat., with 24° E. See also:

Long. The harbour, which is small but deep, and sheltered by high ground, opens to the See also:

east. It is about 22 M. long by m. wide; the See also:

DEPTH

depth in the centre is over 40 ft. and soundings of over 30 ft. extend to within a very See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short distance of the shores. It is the only safe See also:

PORT

port easily accessible to large vessels for over 'coo m., between See also:

SFAX (Arabic Asfakis or Safakus, the cucumbers)

Sfax in See also:

TUNISIA (Regency of Tunis)

Tunisia and See also:

Alexandria, for, although there is safe and deep anchorage in the See also:

RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

recess of the Gulf of Bomba, the entrance is rocky and difficult. Tobruk has long been the out-let for the See also:

trade of the oases which extend from Jarabub to Siwah, and are a stronghold of the See also:

SENUSSI [SANUSI]

Senussi See also:

order (see See also:

CYRENAICA

CYRENAICA); and it is also the headquarters of the Libyan sponge See also:

FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery, prosecuted by Greeks. In the See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring it is visited by a See also:

GREAT

great number of boats, to protect which a small Hellenic warship has sometimes been despatched. But it is as a future See also:

man-of-See also:

war harbour that Tobruk is likely to be important. It has been visited both by See also:

BRITISH

British and See also:

ITALIAN

Italian squadrons and has become an See also:

OBJECT

object of considerable solicitude to the See also:

government of See also:

Italy. By See also:

RUNNING

running into Tobruk and the neighbouring Gulf of Bomba the See also:

French See also:

FLEET

fleet eluded British vigilance on its way to See also:

EGYPT

Egypt in 1798.

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