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Show Where Yanks Faced Setback in Africa ;fef5r editeTranea J g - . . - Sea .-r ibSA BE s rsou ? - jjc'hott Pjcrid SVk O SO 2rBsl STATUTE MILES ff EaiaU The first big armament battle of North Africa gave a foretaste of the severe nature of the fighting which lies ahead of the Allies before the Axis can be cleared out of that front. With Genrral Rommel's hardened tank fighters pressing westward to Sbeltle (1) and Ferlana (3) from the Maknassy region (2), American troops were forced to re-form In the Tunisian hills to the north. The AUird forward base at Gafsa (4) had been abandoned earlier. The retirement from Gafsa was not completely complete-ly unexpected. |