Oakland ^Tribune
OAKLAND. CALIFORNIA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1942
Axis Rout in
Egypt Grows
British Have Driven Foe 104 Miles From
El Alamein; Fighting Approaches Matruh;
Allied Air Supremacy Is Aid to Victory ;
By the Associated Press
CAIRO, Nov. 6.—Three fast armored divisions of the Brit-
ish Eighth Army, led by Lieut. Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery,
have driven two wedges through Marshal Rommel's forces
and are fighting inside enemy positions.
The Axis high commands conceded the Allied offensive
was nearing Matruh, 104 miles west of the old El Alamein
battle line, but the British said officially only that the battle
El Daba," 33 miles from-El
Alamein.
Tanks are operating at the
heels of the Axis retreat in the
Ela Daba sector, a British comnn»-
lique said.
Axis Fears
Invasion Soon
Massing of Planes,
Tanks at Gibraltar
Causes Much Concern
By EDWARD \V. BEATTIE
LONDON, Nov. 6.—(U.P.)—Axis invasion
fears today appeared to be
catching an acute stage, spurred by
reports of a huge concentration of
naval strength, transports and
planes at Gibraltar and the growing
magnitude of the British victory
n Egypt
A Stockholm report from Madrid
said that "vast quantities of tanks
and planes" have been massed at
Gibraltar, presumably for the intention
of "opening a second front
in Europe with Gibraltar as the
base"
D.N.B. reported today that a large
Allied convoy, accompanied by several
large aircraft carriers and other
warships, left Gibraltar and sailed
into the Mediterranean last night.
"It appears the British are repeat-
ing their attempts to supply Malta
in grand style," the agency said.
Yanks Press
Flank Attacks
Guadalcanal Front-
Broadens as Marines
Try to Close Pincers
By JOHN II. WIGGINS
WASHINGTON, Nov. G —(AP) —
Hard - pressed American f o r c e s
stabbed at bolstered Japanese troops
on Guadalcanal'; broadening battlefront
today in a two-pronged
attack that punched deeper into one
flank and threatened another.
Allied Ground Troops Advance
Against Bolstered New Guinea Foe
By BRYDON TAVES
GENERAL Mac ARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, Australia, Nov.
6—(U.P)—Allied ground troops advanced
slowly today against stiffening
Japanese resistance in The northern
foothills of New Guinea's Owen
Stanley Mountains.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur disclosed
that they had made a new
contact with The Japanese near
Oivj The small New Guinea village
nine miles by trail from The Allies'
newly won air base a Kokoda.
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