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CAPTURED BY ALLIES IN TUNISIA SUCCESSFUL PARATROOP OPERATIONS. FULL FRENCH CO-OPERATION WITH AMERICANS. ' (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, November 22. After particularly sharp fighting the Allied forces captured a Tunisian bridge which is the key to vital crossroads, states a report from Allied headquarters. The French are attacking German defensive positions in this locality. The Germans are continually bringing up supplies to an area about 30 miles south-west of Tunis under constant harassing by British and American places. The Brazzaville radio reports that Allied units made contact with Axis troops 25 miles south-east of Tunis, probably in the Hammamet Oasis. According to the Algiers radio, a French regiment repulsed an attempted Axis landing in the Gulf of Gabes . Enemy planes bombed Algiers on Friday, causing ,some damage. An agency correspondent at Algiers cables: “Late on Wednesday afternoon paratroops who had been dropped on Monday encountered enemy fighting patrols and succeeded in destroying six armoured vehicles and making prisoners. The Germans are landing Mark four tanks at Bizerta and a few light tanks at Gabes.” An Istanbul report states that the panzer expert ,General Guderian, has gone to North Africa. The Vichy radio appealed for volunteers for the Falange Africane which is being established with headquarters at Vichy. Laval in a statement said he would not stand in the way of Frenchmen who desired to volunteer for the defence of the French Empire. Americans and French at Oran are working side by side in the common cause where recently they were trying to kill each other, reports the British United Press correspondent in North Africa. French naval men who scuttled more than 20 ships in Oran harbour a few hours before the capitulation are now co-operating to the full with the American Navy in an effort to rajs 6 some of the ships. Members of the French army and also reservists are anxious to fight against the Germans, but there are some pro-Axis elements among the officers. A full and entire amnesty has been granted on the orders of the French North African commission to all persons who favour the Allied action in Africa, a British Official Wireless message reports. It is now known that, the first 50 miles of the Anglo-American advance into Tunisia were made without meeting with armed resistance. The rapid building of Allied air strength m eastern Algeria is believed to have surprised the enemy, who suffered severely in the earlier raids against Bona and Bougie. Their bombers have recently been more heavily escorted. The further increase in Allied air support is regarded as an important factor in the planning of the Allied advance.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 November 1942, Page 3

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438

KEY BRIDGE Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 November 1942, Page 3

KEY BRIDGE Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 November 1942, Page 3

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