BY a rapid outflanking move the Eighth Army has cut off and surrounded part of Rommel's retreating forces. This is revealed in the latest Cairo communique, which says U.S.S. New Jersey (45,000 tons), largest battleship ever built, slides down the slipways at an east coast navy yard, on the first anniversary of the entry of the United States into the war.—U.S. Office of War ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Fri 18 Dec 1942, Page 1
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