Newport Daily News
NEWPORT, R. I., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1943 —
U. S. TROOPS RECAPTURE GAFSA
PUSH NEARER TUNISIA COAST;
REDS IN TANK, AIR BATTLE
Soviet Lines Hold In Donets, Sweep Ahead On Central Front;
Bombers Raid Japs At Kiska Four Times
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
NORTH AFRICA, March 18 UP)—
United State troops, led by Lieutenant General George S. Patton
Jr., newly named commander of American forces on the Tunisian
front, have re-captured Gafsa after a 30-mile drive, and pressed on
beyond that rail city air base
toward the Gabes bottleneck, it was announced today.
Only a few hours were required for re-occupatlon of the towii tlm
had been abandoned by Allied troops In the face of Field Marsha
Erwin Rommel's abortive mid February offensive.
A communique said that little opposition was encountered and
United States patrols, assisted by mobile French units and gimrdec
by Allied aerial squadrons, drove after the retreating Germans into
the area, of El Guetar, 12 miles to the southeast.
GERMANS TRY
TO BREAK THROUGH
Mass Against Narrow Sectors,
Claim Russian
Losses Are Heavy
MOSCOW, March IS UP)—A
little tank struggle, with a German air umbrella of junkers dive
bombers met by hurtling' Soviet Stormoviks trying to knock out
the German armor, was being waged today in tho northern
Donets River valley, but the, Russians reported their lines, refused
to give before tho masses of tanks hurled against them,
The German high command, in a. communique broadcast by the
Berlin radio and recorded by The Associated Press, said the. Germans
were on-the offensive throughout the sector from Kharkov
to Kursk, Inflicting "extremely heavy losses on tho Russians
ALLIED AIRMEN
BATTER RABAUL
Drop 392 Bombs; Tojo
Warns Japan Situation is
More Serious
WASHINGTON, March 18,
—American bombers blasted a Japanese submarine base at Kiska
Island, in the Aleutians, several times Tuesday, the navy reported
today, and in a fourth action American fighter planes shot
down two enemy aircraft and probably destroyed two others
Tuesday was the second successive
salvo day of multiple raids on Kiska, six heavy attacks having been
previously reported for Monday.
The navy communique, said bombs hit the main area
and submarine base.
During tho night of March 16-17, a Liberator heavy bomber
carried out minor attacks on Japanese positions at Mondo and in
the central Solomons. Results were not observed.
By The Associated Press
General Douglas MacArthurs Headquarters today reported a
smashing assault on the big Japanese base ay Rabaul, New Britain
in which Allied fliers plastered the airdrome with 392 bombs, while
other United Nations' airmen attacked an enemy-outpost in the
Islands, between Australia and New Guinea!
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