Cumberland Times
CUMBERLAND, MD., TUESDAY, MARCH 9,1943
Rommel Withdrawing Forces Deeper
Into His Mareth Line Defenses To Lick
Wounds Inflicted By British 8th Army
NAZIS SUFFER
NEW SETBACKS
IN OTHER AREAS
Forced to Retreat In Northern
Tunisia After Attack
Near Tamera; 200 of
Force Captured
ALLIED PATROLS NOW
ON GAFSA OUTSKIRTS
R o m m e l , It Is Revealed,
Had Fifty Huge Tanks
Destroyed Or Captured
by British
Allied Headquarters in North Africa, March 9 (AP)—Marshal Erwln
Rommel, beaten back when he attempted six assaults from the
Mareth Line in southern Tunisia on Saturday, has withdrawn his forces
deeper into his defenses before General Bernard L. Montgomery, an
Allied headquarters communique announced today.
Fifty of the Axis chieftain's, tanks were destroyed or captured In the
six short, fierce actions on Saturday, the communique said, raising the
total from the previous figure of 33 in the northern sector the Germans
also were forced to withdraw
yesterday after making an attack near Tamera, seven miles west of
Sedjenane, the communique said. About 200 prisoners were captured
before the enemy called off his attack.
About 100 miles northwest of the Mareth Line, French forces occupied
Tozcur. 50 miles southwest of Gafsa, above the Chott Djcrid.
Allies In Gafsa Outskirts
U.S.FORCES IN
SOLOMONS AREA
BECOME LARGER
Stronger Than They Ever
Have Been Secretary of
Navy Knox Tells
Press Conference
JAPS IN DIFFICULTY
T'okyo Supply Problem Increases;
U. S. Not Worried
About Nips At
Munda
By JOHN M. H1GHTOWER
Washington. March 9 (AP)—,Sectary of the Navy Knox said today
that American forces are stronger than they ever have .been in the
Solomon islands area while throughout the South Pacific the Japanese
are having increasing difficulty in supply their island bases.
Process of Attrition Serious
Such losses of shipping strength as the Japanese suffered in the
battle of the Bismarck sea and as they have had throughout the war
due to American submarine attacks, Knox told a press conference, are
all a part of the process of attrition.
JAP AIR POWER
II NEW GUINEA
AREA MOUNTS
Increases Despite R e c e n t
Reverses, MacArthur's
Headquarters Communique
Announces
SINK CARGO VESSEL
Nine Bombers and Thirteen
Zero Fighters Used
In Attack; Two Enemy
Planes Are Bagged
LONDON SIRENS SOUND
MID-AFTERNOON ALERT
AH Clear Signal Follows City's
First Day Alert In Nearly
Month
London, March 9. (AP) — London
had its first daylight alert in nearly a month in mid-afternoon today
but the all clear was sounded a short time later without any gun-
fire or bombs having been heard fire or bombs having been heard
n the downtown part of the city.
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