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Over the Wire

(December 8--By United Press.)

LONDON--Fiercely counter-attacking Allied tanks, with rising air support, have smashed back Axis forces which penetrated one of their Terbourba positions, a communique announced tonight as the Allies held grimly to high ground commanding the roads to Bizerte and Tunis.

The communique reported the destruction of five more Axis aircraft and the loss of an equal number of Allied planes and said "our light bombers and fighters gave good support to our troops in the forward areas," indicating the Allies are swiftly developing airdromes near the front

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