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SOUTH TUNISIA
AMERICAN ADVANCE REPORTED (Rec. 2 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 28. A German military spokesman, speaking on the Berlin radio, revealed a new United States advance in South Tunisia towards the rear of the Mareth Line. United States forces in this sector were last reported at Maknassi. The German spokesman, reporting lively reconnaissance activity by shock troops in the entire South Tunisia sector, said there was evidence that the American high command was planning a major operation in the south which might be supported by a simultaneous British operation in the areas of Medjez-el-Bab and Bou Arada, where strong movements had been observed in the British camps. The spokesman added that numerous new British and American batteries had been brought into action at all points on the Tunisian front in the last 10 days, and this had led to lively artillery duels. British patrols were repeatedly thrusting against the new Axis lines.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25136, 29 January 1943, Page 3
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