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TUNISIAN TACTICS REPEATED (Rec. 1 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 6. “The Axis generals in Sicily were fooled by the strategy of General Alexander,” says the military writer of the Daily Express, Mr Morley Richards. “The Axis commanders in Sicily fell for the same trap as they did in Tunisia. Apparently they did not expect an American blow of such weight in northern Sicily. When Lieutenantgeneral G. S. Patton, commanding the United States forces, kept to Palermo to 'occupy the western part of the island, the Germans thought their right flank was secure from attack. “A great part of the enemy strength was concentrated to cover the opposite flank, where the Italians and Germans were opposed by the Eighth Army ana the Canadians. General Patton, with exemplary speed, swung to the east with scarcely a pause after taking Palermo, and punched a series of holes into the northern defence. This was a remarkable achievement —a spectacular feat of organisation and fighting skill,”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25298, 7 August 1943, Page 5
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