... ROMMEL was faced with a very interesting military problem while he was holding the Mareth position. It was at once strong in factiçal detail and weak from the variety of postern doors which had to be guarded in his parados areas. For a time he held a pivotal control from a point south of Gabes, which enabled him to swing forces in any of the directions indicated by the arrows in diagram I. He ...

... THE ROYAL NAVY'S NEW ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATES. The iced-up superstructure of H.M.S. Kale during convoy duty in wintry weather in the North Atlantic The frigate is the new-type escort vessel whose existence in the Navy was announced only recently. They are similar to the well-known corvette, but larger and faster ships and they are better able to withstand the heavy weather through which the ...

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... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 187 i. New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Set back in Tunisia -- G.O.C. Of P.R.O.? -- I sometimes wonder which is the greater evil and vice -- baseless and exuberant optimism or swift despair. And which in war is the greater thorn in the flesh of a commander: the public's impatience for action, petulance during delays, exuberant hallooing over early suc cesses or profound ...

... TUNISIA arad the Berlin Raid The Latest News Pictures FRENCH OFFICERS QUESTION RESIDENTS OF EL GUETTAR after the fall of that Tunisian village to the Allied Forces, where some 200 prisoners were taken and between 35 and 40 enemy tanks were destroyed THE AMERICANS CAPTURE MAKNASSY STATION IN TUNISIA U.S. troops actually taking over the station on the heels of the retreating Axis forces. Since ...

... PICTURES of HONE FRONT ACTIVITIES HE QUEEN AT FULHAM PALACE, when she received the Committee and Workers of the Church's Work for Women in the Forces, t She is here seen with Mrs. Fisher, wife of the Bishop of London, X walking through the Palace grounds THE QUEEN INSPECTS A PAIR OF BOOTEES, part of a layette sent over from America for distribution here, a few days ago Queen Elizabeth visited ...

... 66 A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 189 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Let the A's have it To day.-- The armies of Tunisia, put under General Alexander's direction by the Allied Supreme Commander, General Eisenhower, had by April 7 closed the chief gap in the Bizerta- Tunis ring. General Montgomery's Army had scored another considerable victory in the Gabes Gap and were in open country again on the way to ...

... The Perfect Outflanking Movement Montgomery's Left Hook to El Hamma The turning of the Mareth Defences and the destruction of a large part of the Afrika Korps was carried out by a perfectly organised outflanking movement which has already made military history. When General Montgomery saw that the bridgehead at Mareth could not hold without considerable loss of life and equipment, he switched ...

... THE NAZI-CONTROLLED RENAULT MOTOR AND ARMAMENT PUNT at Billancourt, near Paris, under attack by U.S. Flying Fortresses in daylight on April 4 On left Supported and covered by a large force of fighters, American day bombers attacked the Renault Works at Billancourt on the afternoon of April 4. The Flying Fortresses were engaged in a running fight with F.W. 190*s on their return journey, but ...

... UP IN THE HILLS OF TUNISIA Stretcher-bearers bringing in a wounded man from patrol. These are first-aid men of a Northamptonshire regiment at work in a forward position overlooking no-man's land they march with their battalion, but go unarmed into battle, wearing the Red Cross brassard on their arms. Though others may be driven to cover under heavy fire, they have to move forward to bring ...

... EL ALAMEIN to EL HAMMA -By RADIO A Review of the Work Performed by Wireless During the Desert Operations By B. TUNBRIDGE MOTORISTS who listened to radio as they travelled along peaceful country lanes before the war little realised that the same skill which provided their enjoyment had laid the foundation for the triumphant march of the Eighth Army from the very gates of Egypt to the defence ...

... Scores of Ships Now Sailing as Merchantmen Have Already Been Sunk Before Their Rescue was Achieved after First-class Salvage Work SALVAGE men, until recently very much a race apart, had the reputation of speaking plainly to any amateurs who invaded their province. Not so many years ago a cruiser stranded on the Cornish coast, and the Navy eventually had to call in the salvors. The first of the ...