British soldiers recapture prisoners on North Tunisia front
A British patrol encountered German forces on the Tamera Sedjenane road Thursday night. An officer and two men were captured but escaped with their guards, taking the guards with them. The British report say the Germans made limited moves amid improving weather and mud reducing enemy mobility.
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Edward W. Beattif
Tunisia
Tamera-Sedjenane
Tamera
Hunts Gap
Sedjenane Road
British patrol nets 13 Germans and captures 12 in raid
In a large scale clash near Tamera the British killed 13 Germans and captured 12 while recovering two 105 mm guns and a 75 mm anti tank gun abandoned a day earlier. Prisoners total 209. German casualties estimated at five to six times the British deaths.
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Prioners
Tamera
British Score Hits In Naval Actions Off Dutch Coast
London AP reports a British coastal force scored torpedo hits on a tanker and severely damaged an enemy patrol craft while another vessel burned in naval actions off the Dutch coast Tuesday night as announced by the admiralty on Wednesday.
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Tlondon
Admiralty
Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday in Quiet Chicago Day
Mrs Wilhelmina Hulska marked her centenary in Chicago as she tidied her home prepared two meals and did fine needlework without glasses. Separately Gaston County North Carolina boasts 104 cotton mills and leads the nation.
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Chicago
Wilhelmina Hulska
Gaston County
N. C
Czechoslovakia Seeks Postwar Coordination With Poland
Czechoslovak Minister Vladimir Hurban said after talks in London that a postwar federation in eastern Europe depends on settling Russian Polish friction. He noted Czech Polish collaboration would be dormant if not for agreed political military and economic lines and urged restoration of pre Munich boundaries.
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Washington
Vladimir Hurban
London
Russia
Hurban
Eduard Benes
Munich
Montgomery vows to punch Rommel at Tunis front
General Montgomery told the British Eighth Army Rommel was driven to attack while trapped, promising a British offensive to give Rommel a bloody nose. He added the aim is to smash through and finish the enemy, closing with a rallying hunting-phrase.
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Eighth Army
Tunisian Front
Bernard L Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Montgomery
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