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...Record. Thus last week the Royal Navy ended its great contribution to the Tunisian campaign. If its men, so bitterly familiar with evacuations, were a little disappointed that Jerry and Eyetie collapsed for the most part on shore and did not try to evacuate in mass, their disappointment was nevertheless tempered by anticipation of future action...
What the new job will be like can only be deduced (with appropriate amplifications) from the job already done. In helping to make the Tunisian victory possible, Allied naval forces under Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham had a double job to do. They had to cut the Axis supply line to Tunisia and protect the Allies' line...
Even at the Tunisian front correspondents' cables sounded a new note. They still spoke of American courage. But they noted that now the greenness of Kasserine Pass was gone, the bravery had been tempered. U.S. troops now fought like veterans...
...Allied superiority in numbers and equipment undoubtedly helped swing the balance. The Axis radios, busy rationalizing, said the Allies outnumbered the Axis 10-to-1. Actually, not counting the admittedly large Allied reserves which never entered Tunisian action, the pre ponderance on the front lines last week was nearer...
There was still fighting to be done in Tunisia early this week. Axis remnants straggled toward Cap Bon, the thumb of the Tunisian hand pointing bluntly at Sicily. Some Germans and Italians were already there, and certain prepared defenses had been built. Correspondents spoke of the peninsula as a potential Bataan...