GLOWING PRAISE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 January 1943, Page 3

GLOWING PRAISE

OF MEN WHO CAPTURED TRIPOLI GIVEN IN LONDON PRESS. HOPES OF EARLY ACTION IN TUNISIA. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) RUGBY, January 24. Glowing praise of the men who captured Tripoli is given in the London Press. All eyes are now turned, on Tunisia, where it is hoped that the victorious Eighth Army’s weight will soon be felt. Commentators observe that the defenders of the African bridge- s head, if they succeed in joining forces with Rommel, will suffer a disastrous lack of air support, which is necessary to protect essential sea communications. As the R.A.F. Middle East Command moves into the aerodromes of Tripoli the enemies are penned in a narrow coastal strip and will feel this lack more and more. Meanwhile it is assumed that General Eisenhower, while the British-French screen his front, is organising the Americans as a striking force which, when the aerodromes are read yto receive the full Allied air strength, will synchronise in an offensive with General Montgomery. The preparations are expected to take a little time yet, but, with a view to the earliest possible opening of a European campaign, hopes are expressed that the enemy will be driven out of Africa by the spring.