STATESVILLE DAILY RECORD
STATESVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1942
American Doughboys Route Germans
In First Ground Clash Since World War
Yanks Force Nazis
To Retreat Within
30 Miles Of Tunis
American, British and
French Troops Are
Driving Across Tunisia
In All Areas.
By UNITED PRESS
American troops swarming over
Tunisia have driven back German
forces in the first ground fighting
between the two armies since
the world war.
Allied headquarters 'reports
that the doughboys forced the
Nazis to retreat in a sharp clash
that occurred yesterday within 80
miles of Tunis.
The location of the historic encounter
indicates that Allied
troops already may stand at the
Gulf of Hammamet, on the eastern
coast of Tunisia.
Japs Trapped
In Northwest
Part New Guinea
Japanese Attempt to Res-
cue Hard-Pressed Army
From the Sea Smashed
By Flying Fortresses.
By UNITED PRESS
The hour of decision between
surrender and annihilation is
drawing closer for a battered
Japanese army trapped in Northeast
New Guinea.
The Japs are pinned with their
backs to the sea on a 15-mile
stretch between their twin bases
of Buna and Gona.
American and Australian troops
already are in the outskirts of
both villages.
RUSSIA'S WINTER
OFFENSIVE SAID
TO BE UNDERWAY
German High Command
Admits Soviets Have
Seized Initiative On
Don River Front.
By UNITED PRESS
Russia's winter offensive appears
to be under way and gaining
momentum in a series of violent
attacks over a 2,000 mile bat-
tie front.
The German high command has
admitted that the Russians have
seized the initiative on the Don
river front. It admits strong Soviet
tank and infantry attacks
against German and Rumanian
troops.
The exact location of this Russian
drive is not specified. But it
might be In the Voronezh sector,
where overstretched Nazi supply
lines are vulnerable.
Russian gains in the Voronezh
region might Imperil the whole
German position to the south, in
the Caucasus, and also at Stalingrad.
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