The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-14
200, 900 Men Are Believed Pouring Across Border Under Plane Protection EVACUATION BY
 NAYS STILL M Big Axis Planes Flying To wards Sicily Knocked
 Down By Allies
BY EDMARD M. BEATTTE

BK EDWARD W. BEATTEE United Press Staff CsrrespS.aens1
 London, November IA (UPD Great fleets of Allied planes struck at Axis forces in Tunisia and their invasion base in Italy from all dlnec- tiOns today as a vast Ameri- can and British army was believed crossing the frontier from Algeria British press reports said the great Allied Army, perhaps numbering upwards cf 100000 men with arm ored divisions md great EsmN3as Of planes. had poured Cver the bCE~ der at dawn Though they meEs officially reported only 50 nssieS fnCs2 the border yesterday. an Aaisd spokesman here refused 10 cOrfn that they already were an TEE&sSss
 Planes Blast Awzy Aiding doughty Fuencb gsrrssaEs at TlInis ard the important DagxA base al BizerEe believed to hare beea hcl6ing out against Aaas aaVa6eFs for almost a week British pz8ne8 base6 on Britain, the island &DF~ tneses Of Malta, ard p0ssabsg TtasksEz L1bya. and American planes fr1aA French North Africa, blasted Ger man and Italian troops in Tmn1Es& and Genoa. the Italian port xsas@as is the source Of their supplies arc ueinfo1cenep1s.
 As the British Eighth Army. sEsss in Gnt5r5ng pursuit of FsesC MzE- sha1 Erwin Rommelis beaten Asrzkn Korps. reached Gazaaa. s1 xabgx. cnly zoo miles east Of TaGrsssa. aaseE@ was a chance that AMegscsm &g1 British parachute troops lad bees dropped from planes ranging ahead Of the allSee army closing tr srDG the west.
 As the axis p0ss1ior as both LSbga and TEr1sla grew S1cneaslngsE m1G@ desperate. there was e new sagges- tion sn ar o6iciaa coanmaaEaqsse alnes Adold Hitler was eTaeuatsng kag naeG by air rather than saal2mst kaseM s@ a final 6ebaele.
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 To6ayiS eompEp5qpe Of the EsSg~ isb mid6ae eastern command ag6 Royal Air Force sp Cairo EasC aoDg range fighters atEackeG @ avis planes ~i6g1ng n0rtlhEarcs tONss1 Sicily" Destroyed seven large 0aeE, badly Damaged six. Tibe Eor6 ~IeEsEv suggested that taaey were sE0Dp-1SE~ ry3ng planes like the six lOsc66 w5a troops which were reported E1pSt coEr Fester6ay Nks1e @vang ~E0gs1s~ Karc away from Asries.
 The conmaraqGe also reported a further blasting of 1sae air @esE e. Ta1njs g9aiat GermaE pSsseaamGsga g had captured Tb9rseaE Gsght- 0esc~ line 6amps, workshops. ssa< &Sr~ planes were EestrOEec.
 The success oS ssl eSr 0peExSsnEg was indicated SD the safpgSGGgg sma1 allied aosseS. The pgaGeS oD~ erat1ng llsa6eF the RAEPls @afcNge esSs eommano 4ost orsF Fsaree e Ek&@ puD1ber ar aA operations. Ire 9saM9 noEnDers which Gew Oseg esse Asp@ Last might to blast Genos gesNsEe6 10 Britain without loss.
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 The oon6ten9e 0f aasaec gekkeee that tlae decisive bastae GoT A9ssGs wolld esAd auaGkaF sn n0a@y.ese sse~ tory EaS re6acta6 sn aa eEEer cf the day Of Ger. Sir EesE&ME q, Moptg0merg, whose BFasass EAg1agR AFmy, Ghasns Fled AGsHssaes Erwin R,0mWeliS beaten Afesks Eospg eastern arn 0f the aaaaaN naakeEaekfY across Eabsa, was feet closing fips er Nhat Feneans of sipe s&zs ssaqy in Africa,
 Nl0nr ta6k as Sa0t NHaEaaeE Fet~ h@ told has victorious troops, AsxEess
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