ENEMY TACTICS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 December 1942, Page 3

ENEMY TACTICS

NO RECENT USE OF TANKS RAPID FLOW OF ALLIED REINFORCEMENTS. INCREASE IN BRITISH AIR ACTIVITY. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, December 29. A correspondent at Allied headquarters in North Africa says it is now more than a fortnight since the enemy last attempted to use tanks in Tunisia. This may be due to many reasons, but it is generally thought that the enemy has lost the tactical advantage since we regrouped and formed our present line. Possibly the enemy’s losses of tanks-arc greater than he can afford, and he is carefully nursing the remainder for an attack by cither side. It seems obvious that our holding Medjez el Bab always threatens Tunis, and the fact that the enemy has not thrown in all his available forces in an attempt to recapture the town appears to indicate that he is either saving up for a big attack or has decided that we are going to put one in. We are still sending thousands of troops to the line, and the enemy is also bringing, in reinforcements, although our air forces have been taking a heavy toll of them. Another important factor is that we are no longer at such a geographical disadvantage in the matter of airfields ,and during the last forUight our air activity seems to have grown and that of the Germans to have diminished. Heavy rain also has had an effect in slowing down the tank type of warfare. The great work our scout patrols are doing in no man's land is illustrated in an exploit by two guards sergeants, who, in making a reconnaissance, hid for a whole day only twenty feet from the enemy, and then brought back valuable information to our lines, although both were wounded on the way back.