Show where yanks faced setback in africa A busce aira AN PICHON ta MAHDIA FA I 1 I 1 PASS FERIA FAX I 1 WA wait 2 ABE S U K 1 chott dieric MARETH f N romp 0 50 STATUTE MILES 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 general brommels Rom mels hardened tank fighters pressing westward to 1 and deriana 3 from the malnassy Mak Alak region 2 american troops were forced to reform re form in the tunisian hills to the north the allied forward base at gabsa 4 had been abandoned earlier the retirement from gabsa was not completely unexpected |