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Hard Fightino In Tnnista
Skilfnl Axis Defence System Enconntered
London, April 30th.
1n Tunisia, attacks and, counter-attacks are going on. The
jorces on the whole have had the hetter of the fighting.
fri the Eighth Army’s area a
•t ^ttack yesterday gained
s °t>jective. An enemy count-
er attack had only slight suc-
cess.
LOCAL fighting
th^0 teft of the Army
off ^th ^rench Corps has held
ejiemy counter-attacks, and
Sained
more ground in the
^Untains. Fighting still con-

tor^
e*iei
‘Ues in the Pont du Fahs sec-
where several determined
counter-attacks have
^pletel
^tish
f; * IIIU
l0ns gained.
y failed to dislodge
armour from the posi-
^ STORMED
es Urtiter north, in the Medj-
the fighting is still
]a$t severe. A late message
■°f Ulght reported the capture
g0li e important height Jebel
ttíed ^11^35’ south of the river
jes J6(ta> dominating the Med-
th6 ,eh°urba road. This was
erda f*fiht referred to in yest-
eHem S Communiqué, which an
in ^ c°unter-attack regained
tachs ° ferocious counter-at-
Witij-’ our troops were
FoftJ1 feet of the top. —
'end .?ately, the story did not
^ there.
^Tarshlhessage from Howard
to describes the sequel
fui eneiuy’s last and success
Uieo lvU;,Uír-attack. When our:
§hiaj 'C to ^etreat to their ori-
\et ■ t:>0sitions, our bombers
^ th lnt° aclion> an£l plaster-
% a°^Wh°le Axis mountain-
Caí'efU]i :,l°Pe positions with
\ J' Pl^eed bombs. After
tpfaot^61 Chess strafing, our
*on ^ stormed forward and
^°iUe ot f°P 0;1 the mountain.
^rther ri °Ur trooPs stormed
%llt givin°Wn the hilLside with
^cover the enemy time to
^hile other were left
behind to consolidate the top
positions.
9 MILES TO TEBOURBA
The capture of this mountain
post has brought our troops to
within nine miles of the key
town of Tebourba. Except for
one small enemy gain in the
Medjeda valley, and the Allied
capture of Jebel Bou Ankag,
the situation in this sector has
changed little.
10 MILES TO PONT DU FAHS
To the south, the British lst
Army’s columns of infantry and
tanks, advancíng on Pont du
Fahs from the Coubellat regi-
on, is now only 10 miles from
the town.
15 MILES TO MATEUR
In the north, the Second A-
merican Corps continues to
make progress. Latest messag-
es place the fighting about 15
miles from Mateur, where the
enemy positions are now being
shelled by Allied guns. Mor-
occan troops have captured an
important height, inflicting
heavy casualties on the enemy.
SKILFUL AXIS DEFENCE
Many Allied correspondents
comment on the skilful pre-
paration shown in the enemy
positions on ground already
,captured. The Axis defence sy-
stem shows evidence of long
and careful planning, and the
(Continued on page 4.
To Readers
OWING TO THE MAY lst
holiday today, Sunday
Post, together with the
Icelandic Sunday papers,
will not appear tomorrow.
Light Naval Forces
in Action
London. On Wednesday night,
British light naval forces en-
gaged a flotilla of fast motor
craft in the Sicilian Channel.
Our ships rammed one of the
enemy vessels, cutting it in
two, and damaged two others
with gun fire, probably sink-
ing one.
A big schooner was set on
fire off Sicily yesterday by
Malta based aircraft.
Ceneral Killed In Crash
London. Two high-ranking
Canadian officers have been
killed in a flying accident over
south-east England. They were
Major-General T. M. Salmon,
who recently took over the
command of the Canadian Di-
vision, and Lt.-Col. C. F. J.
Findlay.
tl. S. Cancels
W-Indies Pacts
LONDON. Mr. Cordell
Hull, U. S. Secretary of
State, declared yesterday
that the U.S. Government
considered itself no longer
bound by any of the agree-
ments it had concluded with
Admiral Robert, Vichy ap-
pointed goverpor of the
French West Indies.
Mr. Hull declared that Ad
miral Robert had broken the
agreements by engaging in
acts hostile to the United
Nations, which had increas-
ed of late. Jt will be rem-
embered that Admiral Ro-
bert, who professes neutral-
ity, made an agreement with
the U.S. Government after
Anierica’s entry into the
war. The aircraft carrier
“Béarn” and other warships
are at Martinique.
Moscow Paper Sa.vs ’lour
0! Liberation Drawing Near“
London, April 30th.
To-day, the eve of the May Day Festival, finds the Red Army
on the alert all along the battle front from Leningrad to the
Black Sea, and the great Russian newspaper “Isvestia” says to-
day: “... . Not many days separate us from big and stirring ev-
ents. The hour of liberation is drawing near.”
Russian patrols are probing
the enemy lines, and Soviet ar-
tillery is pounding the enemy
defences in many sectors. The
Germans are massing tanks for
the coming offensive, includ-
ing some of their big Mark
Vl’s, or the “Tiger” tanks, as
they are called.
NAZI MASS PLANES
In the Kuban the enemy has
orought up hundreds of air-
craft, in the hope of gaining
local air superiority. In this
way they hope to prevent the
Russian from wiping out the
last Nazi bridgehead in the
Caucasus.
KUBAN OFFENSIVE?
Moscow has so far said noth
ing about a large scale offen-
sive in the Kuban, but Berlin
still speaks of heavy fighting,
which began, the Germans
say, with a very heavy artill-
ery barrage, followed by an
attack by strong forces of in-
fantry with tank and air sup-
port:
During the past two days Mos
cow announces that the Red
Air Force has accounted for
116 German aircraft for the
loss of 45 of its own.