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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23917, 8 April 1943, Page 1

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TUNISIAN FRONT After describing the Bih Army’s break-through in southern Tunisia, to-day's North AtVi--;.iu communique says that tightcontinued yesterday in the FI Guetar sector. On- the remainder of the Tunisian front patrols were active. “Throughout yesterday,” says the communique, “our Boston and Mitchell bombers made repeated attacks on enemy lanm g grounds, where bombs were v.n to burst among grounded craft. On Monday night V\ ;.-ljington bombers raided to decks and shipping at Tut:Yesterday very heavy and ? .. - useful bombing attack.- v, made on shipping in the Sicn.;.:i ft!;aits and the docks at ...e .’Sicilian port of Trapani. bm; ships in a convoy were 5u , ..-i. ;.:;d an ammunition ship bl.wo up. Many more ships of Y1 (buses were sunk and otli rs s. verely damaged in Trapani 1 arbour. OtT Bizerto Fiyim.’ F rtrcases were attacked by enemy fighters. 15 of which w.re destroyed. ’Altogether .27 Aids aircraft were destroycchd'eS-y.i - day, and five (ire missing. In southern Tunisia -.-.uny positions and velum's were successfully attacked by fighter-bombers, and nu.i.v h.,h:cr sweeps were mac G.neral Montgomery, discu sr g 1 break-through at Wadi A'i; 1.-, said: “The fighting was a..U.uch as anything encounU. 7 since Alamein. My troops feu,tit splendidlyv’—London, April 7.