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Show Where Yanks Faced Setback in Africa 7 1 A l r'ADIA ' LS Mediterrane0n A3. r-- -as-r ABES rSOUK , "Chott Djerid S-f O 50 -Sta fl""1 STATUTE MILES 'Ml- " . The first big armament battle of North Africa gave a foretaste tj the severe nature of the fighting which lies ahead of the Allies before W Axis can be cleared out of that front. With General Rommel's hardened tank fighters pressing westward to Sbeitle (1) and Feriana (3) fron JM Maknassy region (2), American troops were forced to re-form to Tunisian hills to the north. The Allied forward base at Gafsa () j been abandoned earlier. The retirement from Gafsa was not complex ly unexpected. |