The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-12
ROMMEL FEARING
 ALLIES INVASION
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 ing any tanks. My tank losses were nil--nil. He lost ct least 70 tanks in this sector alone where he made his main attack.
 "When he attacks me, he is ate tacking an experienced army. That's just what we want. l wish he would do 1t again."
 The smiling commander, wearing his inevitable black beret, walked through the dry stream beds of one 3,OOO.yard sector which bore tho brunt of the Afrika KorpS attack, to examine the wTeckage of 2T tanks destroyed by the col marlEsmanShip of his gunners, some of whom had held their fire until the tanks were only 160 yards away.
 Iie congratulated Sergeant Ivof Andrews who told him how his crew of c six.pounder had knocked out three Mark fours as fast as they climbed over the top Of . slope Q thousand yards away, Ignoring the b,irSting shells from Axis .o6 Ilor' tarS which were clustering their position. When these shells cainc too close, Andrews ordered his men to take cover, but he stayed by thc gun and single. e.handedly crippled Q fourth tank.
 It is no secret now that # Rom mel had struck Q week before nc did, he probably could have caused serious damage to the Eighth Army because It's deienses then were only q skeleton when compared to the powerful ring of guns which were awaiting him when he did attack
 Ronmel evidently did not appre' ciate tho gun power Montgomery had concentrated in Q 30.mile arc west of Medenine. Prisoners told British intelligenlce officers that Rornmei personally had told them Friday night that they would DO " Mcdenine Saturday at sundown.
 But Rommel knew that Montgoin' cry was building a powerful Strik- Ing force, according to c carefully prepared time table, and the day oi His offensive was getting closer and closer. He knew that hiG only hope was !n smashing through to Mont. Eonery's forward supply dumps and cause enough chaos and deBtructiofl to force on elaborate reorganization
 Ills tactics revealed what experts regarded as extreme neTyouSnesS He apparently was not willing N mass all his arInor to risk ia 2 sin gie blow aS he had in the past. Tn stead he tried three separate at- tacks against the center of tht British line, two with 90 tanks each one with % tanks. ..
 He Was smashed with artillery Only one squadron of British tank ever entered the battle.
 British VeFce Growing
 The British have c massive forcl here and !t is growing by night ailt day, Already Montgomery has itlort guns than he has had at any. aingl' front since Alameln-aH1d Stlll mort are coming.
 HIS men gre eager for the hna smash that they gre confident VII drive the Axis entirely out of Africi opening the way for the attack or "tho soft underbelly of Europe" Ailt just aS eager are the men Of thl Royal Air Force and Amer!caf Fightev and Bomber Squadronl which, quite likely, will launch th' opening blow.
 MaSsed ct airdrcmes ln Tripoli tania is an impressive Ecrce of aii power under air Vice.Marshal Harry broadhurst. Once the aerial shut tIe" service starts, veterans o African warfare say 1t can be taket for granted that the push is on bS the arynored and infantry power.
 The "shuttle" service is the round the clock highly concentrated bomb ing and strafing Of enemy forward petitions and arfnored strength- soltening process designed to pav' the way for the ground forces.
 For about 70 days, almost 0O( fighters and bomberE blasted Rom fnevs positions ct n Aiameia, soft encd him up for the rolling powel Of the Eighth Army. Observers be- lleve the battle for the Mareth Lnl and beyond will start the same way
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