Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-30
Axis Ports Are Roided HeoviIv
As Allies Press On in Africa;
Nazis' New Don Lines Broken
u. S.-British Forces
Drive to Within
II Miles of Tunis
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, NOV. 3U.-BTaLlSn
and American forces, supported
by a rising tide of aerial blows
at the enemy on both sides of
the Mediterranean, have Stormed
forward to within less than IL
miles of Tunis in a drive which
has all but isolated that city and
Bizerte, main AxiS-held strong
point in Tunisia.
The Allied advance was disclosed
today by headquarters COM
munioue which said fighting now
was progressing east of Djedeida,
which is IL miles northwest of
Tunis on the Tunis-Biberte Rail-
road. This indicated the Allies were
driving a wedge straight toward the
coast to separate the Axis strong
holds.
Bizerte was the target of an attack
by Allied planes which scored hits
on the naval base, the communlque
said. and Allied fighters were
credited with destruction of four
enemy planes in operations over
forward areas.
Within Cannon Range.
The Allied announcement 1alleo
to disclose the extent OF thrust
toward Tunis, but the Morocco radio
said Yesterday that the Allies al
ready were within cannon range OF
that capital of Tunlsla.
Being astride the railroad, these
forces have cut the only link between
the Axis defense zones except Tor
the coastal road. Absence of reports
of fighting west of Djedelda sug-
gested the Allies were attacking one
town at a time, or were leaving
Bizerte to a column advancing along
the northern coast.
simultaneously with the Allied
assault on the hastily contriVed
Axis defense in Tunisla, German
and Italian communicates reported
that the 9th army's tanks struck the
first blow at Marshal Erwin Rom
mels Ell Agheila line in Libya. The
Axis claimed these attacks repulsed;
the British kept silent.
Heavy Aerial Blows.
Allied aerial blows on the Axis in
North Africa and Italy over the week
end and last night UNDERSIGNED
Prime Minister Churchill's declara-
ton that the enemy soon would be
cast from his African toeholds and
that the italians must get out OF
the war or be bombed out.
Tunis, Bizerte and Tripoli were
targets of new Furnishing attacks
over the week end in prelude to
impending assaults by American
and British land forces in Africa,
and the great italian industrial city
of Turin shuddered to the impact
of Raj bombers last night for the
second time in "a hours.
Shipping and harbors we're blast
ed at three AXis-held African ports
and traffic along Marshal Rommel's
road of escape toward Tripoli was
strafed, while in TuniSia the fight
ing grew in intensity as the zero
hour for the about land attack
neared.
Across the Mediterranean, home
based British bombers swept across
the Alps to attack Turin, Italy's
arsenal city. and there the pilots
found fires still raging from great
assault the night before.
British Reinforced.
From Vichy came a broadcast
that British troops on the Tunisian-
Algerian border had been reinforced
by armored units. indicating that
the about Allied attack on the
naval base at Bizerte and Tunis. the
capital of Tunisia, might soon be
forthcoming.
This account from the Axis-con-
trolled Vichy station said the Ger
mans had captured height in the
Tunisian mountains, taken ITO pris-
oners and shot down several Allied
bombers over Tunis. There was no
confirmation of this enemy claim.
Comiso Airdrome on Sicily, jump
Ing-off place for much of the sup
plies and reinforcements the Axis
has been sending into Tunisia, again
was the target of the Raj. Two
waves of bombers struck there.
In Tunisia British airmen bounced
on two trains bearing enemy supplies
and troops and both we're shot up
effectively A steamer was badly
damaged off the coast.
Electric Station Fired.
The electric station and moles
were hit and set afire in a Saturday
night Raj raid on Tripoli and
more direct hits were scored in day.
light yesterday. One merchant ship
in port and quays were left afire.
British Middle East headquarters
See AFRICA, Page A-16D