SUNDAY JOURNAL:TIMES BULLETIN
THE RACINE JOURNAL-TIMES SUNDAY BULLETIN, NOVEMBER 8,1942.
British Drive Rommel
Back to Libya Border
Report More
Italians Ready
To Surrender
Major Allied Blows
Expected to Fall in
Mediterranean Area
. (By The United Press)
The imperial eighth army drove
Marshal Erwin Rommel's battered
forces back to the fringe of the
Egyptian - Libyan border today
amid growing indications that new
blows against the axis may soon
fall in the African-Mediterranean
theater of war.
Rommel's forces virtually had
been cut to ribbons in the 13 days
since Lieut Gen. Bernard Montgomery
started his offensive. Some
20,000 prisoners or more already
were counted in British hands.
Another 75,000 Italians were reported
about ready to surrender
as soon as the British could find
time to rake them in
Yanks Advance
On Guadalcanal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—(U.P)—
U. S. land forces on Guadalcanal
are attacking Japanese troops to
the east of Henderson airfield, the
navy announced today.
Only light enemy resistance was
encountered, in . the advance,
which" has carried American troops
several miles east of the lines
which they had held.
The Japanese troops which they
attacked had been landed recently.
Meanwhile U. S. marines repulsed
new enemy attacks to the
west of Henderson field.
Attacks Repulsed.
The Latest Thing From Guadalcanal'
Sets the Style of Marines' Training
Lessons learned t h e h a r d way—
under fire at t h e cost of blood and
sweat—in t h e Solomon Islands and
other battlegrounds go r i g h t into
t h e marines' t r a i n i n g text-book.
The photos here are t h e latest
from t h e g r e a t U. S. Marine base
at New River, N. C , where 20,000
leathernecks are training, mostly
for jungle fighting. T h e t o p photo
shows part of a practice landing
on a "hostile" beach. A light
t a n k is just rolling ashore off a
special lighter. Empty troop landing
boats a r e s e en scurrying out of
t h e way after landing their detachments.
The t a n k will support
t h e fighters already on t h e beach.
Another modern weapon that
helps power t h e wallop of marine
landing parties is seen just below
—a t a n k - b l a s t i n g field piece. One
lesson that warfare in t h e light
and s h a d e dappled jungles' has
taught is t h e importance of camouflage.
Marines Have Birthday,
Hundred Sixty-Seventh
The Helena Independent
DAILY SUNDAY
THE HELENA INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8,1942
Convoy and Axis Subs Wage Long Sea Battle
Loss of One Vessel Is Told
By Navy; Not Disclosed
Whether Any Subs Sent Down
Washington, Nov. 7.—(AP)—A
thunderous duel with depth
charges, gunfire and torpedoes
raged for days in the north Atlantic
between a United Nations convoy
and a pack of submarines, the
Niavy disclosed today.
The Navy announced the loss of
a Panamanian merchant vessel,
but did not disclose whether
others of the convoy were lost or
whether any of the attacking submarines
were sunk.
The bitter battle was fought
during September in a calm sea,
"an unusual condition in those
waters," the Navy said, continuing:
"The (Panamanian) vessel,
part of a convoy, had just passed
through several days of turbulent
north Atlantic weather. The sky
turned bright and the seas calm—
an unusual condition in those
waters—and then a pack of submarines
struck.
"For three days there was a
battle between submarines with
their deadly torpedoes and the
Convoy. The air was charged with
smoke from gun fire and spray
from depth charges.
| "On the fourth day the Pana-
manian merchant vessel was
struck squarely amidships by a
torpedo and immediately began to list.
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