DETAIL SUCCESSES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 December 1942, Page 4

DETAIL SUCCESSES

GAINED BY THE ALLIES IN TUNISIA LAND AND AIR OPERATIONS. BOMB DAMAGE AT TUNIS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 12.40 p.m.) RUGBY, December 13. An Allied forces Headquarters communique with reference to North Africa states: “Our advance forces conducted patrols yesterday in the forward areas. Enemy efforts to infiltrate north and south of Merjez el Bab were stopped. Further reports of the engagement on Friday in which our troops repulsed a column advancing from the north shore, indicate that a hundred of the enemy were killed, and we captured over fifty prisoners. Our casualties were comparatively low. Yesterday and on Friday Spitfires on patrol over the northern battlefield area attacked enemy tanks, motor vehicles and infantry with good effect. Flying Fortresses, escorted by Lightnings, bombed the docks at Tunis yesterday. Many hits were scored on the docks and large fires were started. An enemy supply ship was also hit. In the.southern area yesterday Lightnings carried out sweeps and offensive patrols, in the course of which they destroyed one Italian bomber and one German fighter. They also attacked a railroad engine near Sfax, and enemy vehicles on roads. One of our aircraft was lost.

During Friday night two enemy bombers were destroyed.