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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 April 1943, Page 3

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THROWN IN BV VON ARNIM AGAINST ALLIED THRUST TOWARDS TUNIS. TANK BATTLES ON CENTRAL FRONT. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, April 28. The latest news from the Tunisian front indicates that Von Arnim is throwing in his last resources as the Allied forces advance irresistibly on Tunis. The First Army in the Medjez el Bab sector is now two miles from the Tebourba plain, says the Algiers radio. The salient forming the German defence line in this sector has become untenable. The Axis lines further northward have given way at several points and the Tunis plain is now opened to British armour. Tank

battles continue between Medjez el Bab and Goubellat, while the French draw closer to Pont du Fahrs. The French at the northern extremity of the front have reached a point seven miles westward of Lake Achkel, which is eleven miles from Ferryville (on the Bizerta lake). They have captured large quantities of booty. The enemy resistance seems to indicate that the Germans are creating a new defence line.

The Vichy radio, quoting a Berlin report, says General Anderson is regrouping and preparing for another assault in the Medjez el Bab-Bou Arada areas, where he has succeeded in achieving some breaches of the Axis line. General Montgomery is still waiting and will renew his attacks when the battle on the 'north front is raging again.