APPALLING WEATHER
ENDURED BY EIGHTH ARMY (Rood. 6 p.m.) Rugby, Feb. 15. The Eighth Army harassing Rommel’s forces in the area behind the Tunisian border has just endured three days of appalling weather, reports an agency correspondent, hut they continued heavily to press and worry the Germans. A gale lashed the Mediterranean coast, sending waves crashing over the breakwater at Zuara harbour. An angry norih wind swept the desert, and heavy rain rendered the salt marshes even more treacherous. In mar* places salty sand was churned into slush six or seven inches deep. The Eighth Army’s work, however, went on as usual. The storm subsided on Saturday.
“Our troops made further progress \Vestwards of th? coastal sector, otherwise there is nothing to repor. except patrol, activity.” says a Middle East communique. “Air activity over Tunisia and Tripolitania was on •) small scale. Aerodromes in Crete and targets in the south of Italy and Sicily were attacked on Saturday night. A small formation of enemy bombers was intercepted by our night
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 39, 17 February 1943, Page 5
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