THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, APRIL 29, 1943:
Allied troops were reported last night to be advancing along the entire
line in Tunisia—in one sector reaching a point only 21 miles from Tunis—
and a spokesman at Allied Force Headquarters in North Africa said that it
seemed unlikely that the Axis would be able to offer prolonged resistance
to Allied pressure.
Formations of U.S. Army planes yesterday carried
out the 142nd attack against Japanese installations at Kiska this month.
Liberators and Mitchells, with Lightning and Warhawk fighters, participated in
these raids. Japan has made plans to invade the The States between June and October of this year, according to underground reports reaching Kilsoo Haan representative of the Korean National Front Federaion in Washington.
THE STARS AND STRIPES
Dally Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations
New York, N.Y.—London, England Thursday, April 29, 1943
First Army Now 21 Miles from Tunis
U .S. Infantry Clears
Heights Near Mateur
As British Close In
French Enter Vital Pont du Fahs Plain
As British Attack Heights Near
Medjez, Approaching Tunis
Allied troops were reported last night to be advancing along the entire
line in Tunisia—in one sector reaching a point only 21 miles from Tunis—
and a spokesman at Allied Force Headquarters in North Africa said that it
seemed unlikely that the Axis would be able to offer prolonged resistance
to Allied pressure.
A warning that the Axis cannot be expected to be crushed quickly was
given, however, by a general commanding part of the Eighth Army.
First Army infantry, storming the hills to the east of the Medjerda River,
yesterday reached a point only 21 miles from Tunis. The attack, made
against repeated German counter-blows in the deepening salient cast of
- Medjez El Bab, carried them to a point
about 400 yards from the summit of an
important hill—the Djebel Bou Ackas—after heavy fighting.
French native troops have cut and crossed the road from Pont du Fahs to
Enfidaville southeast of Zaghouan mountain, about 15 miles southeast of Pont
du Fahs. The rear of the German Army facing Gen. Montgomery's troops is now
threatened on this sector.
Americans Clear Heights
142KiskaRaids
In April by U.S.
W ASHINGTON, Apr. 28—Formations of U.S. Army planes yesterday carried
out the 142nd attack against Japanese installations at Kiska this month.
Liberators and Mitchells, with Lightning and Warhawk fighters, participated in
these raids, the Navy Department announced.
Hits were scored in the enemy main camp area on the runway and a number
of buildings was destroyed. Daimage was also inflicted on Northhead. Canadian
pilots flying Warhawks executed two other attacks.
In the South Pacific, a. direct hit on a 4,000-ton Japanese cargo vessel in the
Arafura Sea, north of Australia, was scored by a heavy Allied bomber yesterday,
the communique added.
Two near misses were also scored on a second Japanese vessel of 4,000 tons in
the same area.
Japs Plan U.S. Invasion
WASHINGTON, Apr. 28 (UP)—
Japan has made plans to invade the The States between June and October
of this year, according to underground reports reaching Kilsoo Haan representative
of the Korean National Front Federaion in Washington. He said the Japanese
plans were outlined at a meeting of the Black Dragon Society. Tojo had hoped
to start the invasion on Feb. 7.
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