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R. i. I,25 Todaj, Celebratir.y Roplly In Tmisia
Most Successful Raids Of
Whole African Campaign
LONDON, Mardi 31st.
The Eighth Army is now 12 miles past Gabes, having cap-
lured Metonia and Oulet. In the north Sedjanan is again in
Allied hands.
STATIONARY COLUMNS
Allied correspondents all
dwell on the destruction caus-
ed by the intense Allied air
bombardment of Rommel’s re-
treating men and supply col-
umns, and say that never be-
fore, not even during the first
days of the Axis rout at E1
Alamein have our airmen been
offered such excellent targets,
and in such variety as to give
scope for every type of air-
craft. The long enemy columns
are held stationary while the
frequent road blocks are clea-
red away, and during such tim
es the RAF get busy. Hundr-
eds of burnt-out, burning, or
disabled Axis transports and
tanks litter the roadside for
miles on end.
NO MORE MENTION
In the Gafsa sector, Allied
troops have made a slight ad-
vance eastwards, but the Axis
minefields encountered are
slowing down their progress.—
In the north, Sedjanan has
been recaptured by Allied
troops, and prisoners have
been taken. A Reuter corre-
spondent in N.-Africa says that
the British First Army has
virtually got the whole Tam-
ura area under control now,
and further states that numer-
ous prisoners have been tak-
en, adding that bands of Ital-
ians are just wandering about,
waiting to surrender. Yester-
day morning Allied troops car
ried out a raid in some force
north of Medjes el Bab, and
took quite a number of prison-
■ers.
TWELVE NAZIS DOWN
In the Maknassi area, two
successive attacks were made
by medium bombers on an Ax-
is airfield, and enemy troops
and vehicles, during which
two Messerschmitts and four
FW190s were shot down. — 12
Axis planes were destroyed
during the day.
Allied fighter bombers were
very active in the northem
sector, concentrating largely on
enemy vehicles. Seven Allied
aircraft failed to return, but
one pilot is known to be safe.
Nazis Witholding R. A. F.
Damage From World
London. The Germans are
doing everything they can do
to prevent news of the dam-
age caused by the RAF raids
on the German capital from
spreading. This is reported in
an agency emssage from
Stockholm.
Last night the order was is-
sued to foreign correspondents
in Germany, forbidding any
further mention of bombing
raids on German territory.
IT LEAKS OUT
In spite of this, news of
widespread destruction in
these raids continue to leak
out. Yesterday a Swedish pas-
senger plane on the Stockholm
—Berlin route had to retum
Stockholm without having
been able to land the passeng-
ers at the Tempelhof air-
field at Berlin, presumably be-
cause of great damage caused
to that great airfield in the
last RAF raid.
Soviet Planes Cbeck
Nazi Sallies
London. — Improved weath-
er conditions in Russia have
had a two fold effect. Land op-
erations have been checked.—
Aerial activity is accelerating
Over the Kharkov area, the
Soviet air force has had suc-
cesses.
THEY MADE OFF
Here the Germans sent a
force of 100 aircraft to help
their land forces yesterday in
one more frantic attempt to
cross the Donetz river. They
were intercepted by the Sovi-
et airmen, who quickly dis-
posed of 15 of them, damaging
eight others.
Thereupon the remainder of
the Nazi planes made off as
fast as they could.
TANK SUCCESSES
All the German attempts to
cross the Donetz have been
completely checked, and the
enemy has lost immensely in
men and material ana in one
sector alone, near Cheguyev,
our Allies knocked out 42 in
the last two days.
In the Smolensk area, the
steady Soviet advance continu-
es, although slowly, and more
enemy strong-points have
been captured south of Bielye.
Over 1000 Gasnalíies
In Naples Explosion
London. — Rome Radio to-
day reports an explosion in
Naples on Sunday of . a huge
munition depot. In this ex-
plosion 72 were killed, and
1,200 injured, among them
some German officers. An offi
cial inquiry is being held.
Many Bappy
fietnrns!
Today is the 25th birthday
of the RAF the largest air-
force in the world at present.
Free peoples the world over,
are sending their congratula-
tions to the service whose pil-
ots made history which will
live as long as history is told
in 1940..
It is pointed out in London
that the tonnage of bombs
dropped in the last war can-
not be compared with to-day
The difference seems almost
fantastic. From June to Novem
ber 1918, records show that a
total of 550 tons of bombs were
used against the enemy: That
is half the tonnage we now
drop on Germany in less than
half an hour.
Japanese Aircraft
Over Bengai
London. General Wavell’s
communiqué from India today
reports a strong Japanese at-
tempt to raid one of our for-
ward landing grounds in
south-east Bengal.
SLIGHT DAMAGE
The enemy sent over a mix-
ed force of 22 bombers and
fighters, and at least 13 of
them were damaged, five of
these probably never getting
home. The bombs caused only
slight damage, but there were
a few casualties.
R.AF. OUT TOO
RAF aircraft were out yest-
erday, raiding enemy positions
in the Arakan district, as well
as Japanese occupied aero-
dromes in central Burma.
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