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CAPTURED BY FRENCH NEAR COAST 500 PRISONERS TAKEN. HARD FIGHTING IN REGION OF PONT DU FAHS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, May 3. A French North Africa communique states: “Our troops in the coastal sectors, overcoming enemy resistance, continued to advance and captured a number, of heights. Our advanced elements are now within 15 miles of Bizerta. We took a total of 500 prisoners on Saturday. “South-west of Pont du Fahs the enemy continued counter-attacks, supported by tanks and heavy armour. At the cost of high losses he was able to achieve local gains. Further east, despite lively enemy reactions, our troops have advanced and captured a height.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 May 1943, Page 3
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