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Adventures Of British Party Of Parachutists OPERATIONS NEAR TUNIS British Official Wireless Rec. 1 p.m. RUGBY, Dec. 13. A correspondent with advanced British troops in eastern Tunisia reports that British parachutists, dropped the week before far in territory held by the enemy, returned to their own lines two days ago. They were dropped about 25 miles south-east of Tunis. They headed towards the capital, shooting up enemy transport coming from the south.
The Germans sent out tanks, armoured cars and lorry loads of infantry in an endeavour to round them up. The parachutists knocked out two tanks and three lorries in one skirmish 4ast Monday and in the early hours of Tuesday they raided airfields at Sena, six miles from Tunis. Five or six planes on the ground were destroyed and stores set on fire-
Running short of explosives, the party decided to return to the British lines through the mountains, 80 miles away. They marched at night. Arabs gave them food and warned them where the Germans were.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 295, 14 December 1942, Page 3
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