[Homer_J_Simpson]

Allies Rule in Air (Sulzberger) – 2
American Infantry Battles Axis in Key Passes to Coast (Kluckhohn) – 3
Peripatetic Assembly Plants in Africa Supply Our Front – 3-4
On the North African Front: American and British Forces Move Against Rommel (photos) – 4-5
Red Army Slashes Smolensk Barrier (Parker) – 6
War News Summarized – 6
Suburbs of Rome Raided by R.A.F.; Malta ‘Intruders’ Set Precedent – 7
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 8-9

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/mar1943/f27mar43.htm

Axis rearguard holds up British advance
Saturday, March 27, 1943 www.onwar.com

German armored column on the move [photo at link].

In Tunisia... A hastily constructed Axis defensive front around El Hamma holds the advancing British until retreating Axis infantry from the Mareth Line escape toward Wadi Akarit. There is a new American attack near Fondouk.

In the Atlantic... The British escort carrier Dasher is lost as a result of an accidental explosion.