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DAILY POST
Germais Bring Crack Tank
Division To Tnnisia.
Eighth Army Takes Zuara.
: ' London, February Ist.
lt is now known that the redouhtable German lOth' Pan-
zer Division—perhaps the most famous of all German armour-
ed units—has now arrived in Tunisia.
finadalcanal Will Be Cleared
Of Japs In 30 Days.
— Col Knox.
London, February lst.
Col. Knox, Secretary of the United States Navy, has return-
ed from a Pacific joumey of inspection taking him, together
with Admiral Nimitz, CINPAC, to the Solomons and to the New
Hebrides.
This division was one of the
main factors in the swift crush
ing of Polish resistance in Sept.
1939, and in 1940 it added to
its laurels by smashing through
the French defence line at
Mense.
EIGHTH ARMY’S PROGRESS
In Tripolitania the British
8th Army is now west of Zu-
ara, the occupation of which
was reported yesterday. In cen
tral Tunisia infantry, tanks and
artillery have been advanced
in clashes, officially described
as being on a small scale.
The Eighth Army’s occupa-
tion yesterday of Zuara, means
that Montgomery’s men have
covered 70 miles since they
entered Tripoli a week ago, —
thus averaging 10 miles a day.
Zuara is a small harbour town,
but very important to the en-
emy, and consequently a good
place for us to have.
ENTERING THE MARSHES
Messages from Tripoli report
that forward elements of the
8th Army have been in contact
with the enemy west of Zu-
ara. Our troops, advancing
westwards from this coastal
town, are now entering upon
the marshy country, stretching
.along the Libyan seaboard. In
to-day’s communiqué there is
no mention of the southern col
umn, or of the troops in the
centre, who entered TJjinisia on
Saturday.
MESSINA RAID
American heavy bombers
yesterday made a heavy attack
on messina, the second in two
days. Of the enemy fighters,
which tried to intercept the big
American planes, three were
damaged. The Italians admit
great damage to buildings in
the town. An enemy destroyer
was successfully attacked off
Pantellaria island, and left
listing. Small shipping off the
Tunisian coast was also attack-
<ed with good results.' All of
these operations cost us only
•three planes.
BIZERTA BOMBED
Both American and RAF air
craft have been busy over Tu-
nisia over the week-end. — A
successful attack on Bizerta by
American heavy bombers left
large fires burning, and the
airfield at Gabes netted the de-
struction of several Axis air-
craft on the ground. Altogeth-
er, 19 enemy aircraft were ac-
counted for during the day.
GERMAN 66 TON TANKS
To-day’s communiqué men-
tions a series of minor engage-
ments north-west of Sfax,
where Allied troops are count-
er-attacking, following the six
mile Axis break-through on
Saturday, when German tanks,
infantry and artillery launch-
ed a strong attack against the
French positions in this area,
penetrating their defences, and
were halted just within artill-
ery range of the village of Sidi
Bon Zid. Unofficial reports
state that the Germans have
succeeded in getting a consid-
erable number of their 66 ton
tanks, the “Mark VI”, much
heavier than anything they
have as yet employed in North
Africa, over from Sicily, but
there are no reports of them
having been in action so far.
PARACHUTE SPIES EXE-
CUTED
Radio Algiers reports that
nine Axis parachutists, civilian
clad, who landed behind the
Allied lines, were executed this
morning.
{lenember
Cafe Holt
Langavegi 26.
All Kinds 0f Refresh-
ments. Mnsic.
____ t
Back at Pearl Harbour, Col.
Knox revealed as his opinion
that the Japanese would be
I cleared out of Guadalcanal
within 30 days. This opinion he
stated to be based on the evi-
dent fact that the Japanese
had lost all hope of being able
to relieve their troops cornered
on the island.
UNDER FIRE
The Japanese made their
longest attack on Guadalcanal,
lasting seven hours, while Col.
Knox and Admiral Nimitz
were there. In the New Hebri-
des they had another taste of
the enemy’s inefficiency in the
air against Allied defences, —
Laval’s •''Storm
Troop Chief
Killed.
London, February lst.
The president of the French
Soldier’s Legion, a kind of Fasc-
ist storm-troops founded by
Laval, was shot dead in Lyons
yesterday. The man who fired
the §hot escaped on a bicycle.
MARSEILLE DEMOLITION
It is reported from Marseill-
es, that the demolition of the
evacuated “Old Port” quarter
has already begun, in compli-
ance with Nazi orders.
REYKJABIO
”ÁÐd One Was
Beantifar
with
ROBERT CUMMINGS
LARAINE DAY
JANE MUIR
when the Japanese came over
during their stay, attempting to
bomb military targets.
RAIDS ON TOKYO COMING?
Col. Knox said that there
were good prospects of another
raid on Tokyo, but refused to be
drawn out as to the time, when
this might take place. “But the
Japs had better start prepara-
tions as soon as possible,” the
Colonel said.
Mnssolini’s Ghief
Of Oeneral Staff
Dismissed
London, February lst.
Mussolini, not to be outdone
by Hitler, let it be come known
over the week-end that he had
also sacked his Chief of Staff,
General Cavallero, who was
said to have asked to be relie-
ved of his office on account of
his health. He is succeeded by
General Ambrosio.
During Cavallero’s office It-
aly has lost the whole of her
overseas empire, an achieve-
ment likely to impair even a
fairly robust Fascist constitu-
tion.
S. W. Pacific.
London, February lst.
General MacArthur’s bomb-
ers have again made wide-
spread attacks on enemy bases,
airfields and supply ports.
One of their main targets
was Rabaul, where a large con-
centration of Japanese shipp-
ing was centred. It was diffi-
cult to assess the damage in-
flicted, but results are believed
to have been good.
The land fighting in the Mu-
bo region, 15 miles south of
Salamaua, has been sporadic,
and no important change is re-
ported.