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2 By WILLIAM H STONEMAN 5 copyrant, 1a by The ahapols i and. The Chisago ~~ LONDON, Nov. =a done victory. over the Axis forces in North Africa is still confidently ex- - pected in london but it is not expected to be accom- * ‘plished either so quickly er so Pajmlessly as the ” public originally was led to hope. . Th walkover:

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<u. P.) —Tough Punjabi and Sikh infantrymen chanting battle songs like an American football cheering * seetion charged Axis defense positions| in the Libyan desert, it was disclosed today, in close co-opera-tion with tank attacks and. a great Royal Air Force onslaught. | Official reports emphasized that the conflict might be shifting rapidly to a struggle of bayonets and|| rifles, but these reports gave only 8 glimpse of the fury with which the British imperials, and. especially Indinh troops in the Italianheld Omar sector, went into action. The Italians held a strongly ifortified position flanked by mine fields and rows of barbed wire. The terrain was as flat as a dining room table and the Aefenders were dug in securely. The Italians Halisd heavy guns on the narrow alley through which the British mechanized .units had

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i Punjabi and Sikh troops were chanting as they piled from the trucks and streamed through the gap broken hy the tanks. A heavy Italian cross-fire met . the Indian forces. But they charged forward and took the enemy strong points. The Italians kept up a heavy fire until the British were within a few feet of their positions. Then they surrendered to the bayonets of the Indian troops. The Italian positions further back were hammered by British artillery and the fighting continued until dusk, when a total of about 1500 prisoners was taken and the

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Infantry Is Replacing Tanks In Fierce Libya Fighting Washington Pessimistic on Jap Talks; Congress .

CAIRO, Nov. 25 (vu. P) —A British mechanized spearhead slashed more’ May Avoid Recesses. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (U.P.).—

than 200 miles across the Libyan The Far Eastern situation is so

is “lessening in intensity,” a military spokesman said, as a result of big losses on both sides. Buf the British reinforcements— mechanized, infantry and artillery--are smashing forward to hold the ground already taken and attempt to seal the dodm of the German panzer forces, Some main Axis supply bases for armored columns already have been

desert and captured Augila, it was disclosed officially today, as infantry and arfillery reinforcements arrived at the Sidi Rezegh battlefront to bolster battered and almost exhausted tank columns near To> bruk The tank battle near Sidi Rezegh

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seized and it was believed that the advance of the British reinforcements might decide the battle as the enemy tanks become immobilized due to lack of fuel and repair facilities. a Meanwhile, the spokesman said, the Germans have shifted’ air reinforcements from the European front and possibly the Eastern front

‘|to meet the Royal Air Force offen-

sive in Libya. German infantry reinforcements also have been rushed in by air transport. “Both sides are using field artil- | pa lery in the Sidi Rezegh battle,” he added. The spokesman said the Libyan tank battle was dwindling gradually from a major encounter between steel monsters to an old-style infantry combat. The pace set during the early armored stage of the

|battle was “killing,” he explained.

The British Eastern Command announcement of the capture of

miles from the Gulf of Sidra Coast, confirmed speculation that a “phantom” - British: column ‘is streaking across the vast desert wastes far south of the main battleground, driving for the Libyan coast in the vicinity of El Agheila in a vast flanking maneuver. The supposed maneuver involves a

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athwart the coastal road; 175 miles southwest of Benghazi and only 40Q miles east of Tripoli. (The Royal Air Force reported’ in London today that 119 Axis planes have been destroyed from dawn of Nov. 18 to midnight Nov. 23 in the

.| battle of Libya.)

LONDON, Nov. 25 (U. P.,).—Authoritative British quarters in London admitted today that the outcome of the big battle in Libya is “still entirely in suspense.” The

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uncertain that Congressional leaders doubted today that Congress would be able to start three-day recesses ‘soon. These recesses had been planned to begin about Dec, 15, but Senate and House leaders were beginning to feel that Congress should be on hand for any emergency in the Pacific. Representatives of America, Britain, China and the Dutch East Dios met again at the State De-} ent late yesterday to discuss past nited States reply to Japanese proposals presented Saturday night. This conference was to make certain that the American reply has the backing of the other democratic countries with interests in the Far East. i The. Japanese proposals by the Tokyo envoys, Saburo Kuruso and Kichsaburo Nomura, it was learned, did not go far toward settlement. While Administration q were somewhat pessimistic, it was said that there was still a chance that Japan might still be won to the American view, which offers economic help if Japan abardons aggression as an instrument of national policy.

Premier Urges Japanese To Be ‘Solid Wal’

TOKYO, Nov. 25 (U. P.).—Premier Gen, Hideki Tojo declared today that Japan’s -100,000,000 citizens mus’ march ahead “like a solid wall of fire in order to break through the unprecedented crisis.”

Short-Term Agreement May Be Sought

LONDON, Nov. 25 (U. P.).—Diplomatic quarters reported today that the discussions between the United States and Japan now appear to be centered on the possibility of reaching a provisional agreement good for three months rather than a

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