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They had swept past Tebourba into Djedeida, which is 15 miles from Tunis. They had succeeded in straddling the railroad line from Tunis to Bizerte. Under incessant bombardment and strafing they had pushed beyond Mateur, which is 18 miles from Bizerte. Then, after a two-day-long tank duel they had been forced to fall back. Losses were heavy on both sides. Djedeida, Mateur and Tebourba became the three corners of a no man's land...
Against Nehring's ring, Anderson's troops jabbed. Axis air strength delayed but did not stop them as they attacked the outlying bastion of the German lines. When Nehring counterattacked with tanks they hurled him back. They seized the town of Djedeida, twelve miles from Tunis, and all but isolated that city from Bizerte. Nehring destroyed roads, blew up bridges, dug in for defense. Milch sent his dive-bombers screeching overhead. From Algeria came word that as soon as Doolittle's fighters could spread an umbrella, the First Army would make its final, headlong charge into...
...previous communique said the fighting had progressed to cast of Djedeida, within ten miles of Tunis, but tonight's did not mention the exact positions, reporting that Allied advance units were keeping up strong pressure in the vicinity of Djedeida and Mateur, 20 miles south of Tunis
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