SLIGHT ALLIED WITHDRAWAL
NORTH-EAST OF MEDJEZ EL BAB ENEM Y SUFFERS CASUALTIES. CONCENTRATION OF SHIPPING AT GIBRALTAR. United Piess Assn.—B-- y Electric Telegraph— righ t. LONDCI/N, December 29. Allied J troops m Tunisia hav< slightly from the hill po sition north-east of Medjez El Bal alter inflicting severe casualties oi the enemy. -Further south, French troops withdrew slightly in one sector, but in another area, they advanced six miles and cut an important road. The Paris radio says that great activity at Gibraltar indicates tht coming resumption of the Allied offensive m the Mediterranean. Approximately 100 transports and merchantmen are in the harbour, also three battleships, three aircraft carriers, three cruisers, 13 destroyers, and 12 submarines.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15238, 31 December 1942, Page 3
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