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There he could make a stand behind the Mareth Line, the "Little Maginot" of pillboxes and cement forts strung along the hills in southern Tunisia from the Gulf of Gabès 20 miles inland. There were already reports of Axis troops from Tripolitania hastening into Tunisia. There was even a report (from Berlin) that Rommel himself had left Tripolitania to go "elsewhere on another job." The report obviously was put out to save the fox's face, now that he had lost his tail. But it might be true. Rommel might have gone to Tunisia...
...state of nervousness with jabs of armored cars and tanks. First clue to his readiness came last week. Heavy artillery began to bellow from behind the British lines. Over the Axis position rolled a cloud of some 300 Allied planes. Infantry advanced. British tanks struck at the inland end of the Axis lines. British forces surged against the northern end. Rommel made scarcely a pretense of holding. He was up and off in retreat...
Best new children's game is Ranger Commandos, a parchesi-type in which little barges set out across open water, zigzag to landings, and move little wooden commando pieces inland to destroy such objectives as a tank factory, railroad yards, munitions plant, etc. Players return posthaste, unless captured, whenever any player lands on a spot marked with an enemy sentry. First one back with the most points of destruction wins...
Nearing Nehring. Bizerte can hold all the fleets of Europe. Jetties protect its outer harbor, from which a narrow canal leads into Sebra Bay. Farther inland is the great 30-mile expanse of Bizerte Lake. The surrounding hills bristle with fortifications. In the area are seaplane bases, airdromes...
...muddy shoes, greet workmen by their first names-and build anything that goes to sea. A shipbuilder for 42 of his 65 years, Charles West never broke a Kaiser record, never stole a Kaiser headline. Yet last week he had his own claim to fame as the only inland builder of intricate, tightly packed, oceangoing submarines, was doing so well he had orders for enough of them to keep him going full blast until...