RUNG FOR VICTORY IN NORTH AFRICA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 May 1943, Page 3

RUNG FOR VICTORY IN NORTH AFRICA

On Day of Von Arnim’s Arrival as Prisoner ALLIED FORCES BUSY CLEARING UP BATTLEFIELDS SEVERAL RAIDING AXIS PLANES DESTROYED LONDON, May 16. In Tunisia the work of clearing’ up the battlefield is still going on. Prisoners have been sent to the west and all unused war material, both that of the Allies and the enemy, is being got into order. i . Normal air patrols are taking place and last night there was an attack on Palermo. Intruder aircraft from Malta continue their day and night attacks on targets in Sicily and Southern Italy. ■ . . The Morocco radio says that last night, when Axis planes raided Bone, they met heavy anti-aircraft fire and several were destroyed. In Tunis things are gradually getting back to normal. The food situation has improved greatly and the bread ration has been doubled. During the Axis occupation food for civilians was very scarce. It is announced that the units which broke through after the capture of Tunis and smashed their way into the Cape Bon Peninsula were the British Sixth Armoured Division and the Fourth Infantry Division. Church bells rang out in Britain today in celebration of the victory in the Battle of North Africa. It is announced in London that the Axis Commander-in-Chief, North Africa, General von Arnim, has been brought here by air. As a bitter enemy of England, von Arnim always stood high in Hitler’s favour. Last month he gave a written order to his troops to maintain a cold hatred for anything English.