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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23914, 5 April 1943, Page 1

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- ■■■♦ - ■ TUNISIAN FRONT The communique from Allied Headquarters in North Africa stales that there has been patrol activity by the Bth Army. In the area east of El Guetar two United States corps gained further ground in one successful attack in which a number of the enemy were killed and prisoners taken. More than 20 mortars were captured. It has now been established that a considerable number of German tanks were destroyed or damaged by artillery fire in this sector. North and east of Sedjenane the British Ist Army is continuing to make progress. French forces repulsed two local attacks in the Plchon area in which the enemy employed tanks. Describing air activity, the communique says that fighters were very active in northern and central Tunisia, a.id many raids by enemy fighter phots were driven off. 'ln the Central sector Spitfires on patrol encountered Junkers 87’s and shot down 14 of them. Dust storms limited air activity m the southern sector, but fighter patrols made raids and fighterbombers attacked an enemy airfield. Four Allied.aircraft arc missing,, but the pilot of one is safe. —London, April 4.