Show French crench Camel Troops i I Slash Italian Unit h ALLIED HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS- IN INN N NORTH RTH AFRICA Jan 8 UP UPA UPA UP- UP A French camel corps that prowls the desert day and night in search of a fight has cut to pi pieces ces an Italian unit in a fierce short battle along the border It was was announced Friday Only of the Italians in inthe inthe inthe the unit escaped from the camel camel- borne warriors a French captain said at allied headquarters The Italians apparently were trying t to make their way to Tunis when they tey were intercepted by the thee camel corps In the vicinity of miles southwest of Tripoli Limited Patrolling The The camel corps attack was virtually the only land activity on the Tunisian front There was limited patrolling in ill the region where an axis counterattack counterattack counterattack counter counter- attack has driven British troops fr from m hill positions B 26 American bombers escorted escorted escort escort- ed by Lockheed attacked attacked at at- tacked the held German-held airdrome and barracks at Gabes and scored hits that started fires A raid on Kairo an by A and P showered high explosives and in- in in incendiaries incendiaries on German troop con con- Power Station Destroyed Reconnaissance over showed that Boeing flying fortresses which raided rl the area on Monday had destroyed the city's power station Bad weather somewhat limited aerial activity in iri the northern sector sector sec sec sec- tor but German planes made flights over royal air for force e bases Four of them were downed Tuesday Tues Tues- Tuesday Tues day night by antiaircraft g guns s. s British Bisley bombers made another another another an an- other raid on Tunis and started two large fires I |