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of D.A.S. is deemed adequate-if all alemants are in posit~'-on on time .
Therefore moasures'arill be takon to aasuro the vrithdraival of thj antiro
Kampfgruppe during the night.
The now Chief of Staff, Lt.Col . tdoltv, r.S, arrives at the C .P . in the
evening o£ 22 February .
23 February 1943
. During the. : daY . weather olear and oloudy by turns ; no tog . The Smpf
gmgpe withdraw to Hasserine pass durirp the night . After the initial name
went
_ .thts :zno anrsat on ovelly though slowly . Almoat all the guru and vahioles
-which hod stuok in the =d could be ealvaged, The 33d Rco . Un. vhjoh Me
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reportW several . . times that the oneW is mt in pursuit, leaves at 0300 hr
~the area Mr Oiled Slf, the last unit to withdraw (an .1-3 ).
.At damn the last 6l=onta are moving into the pass position (An-4-9.
At;.074 ,he oommanding general. arrives at mho advanood C .P. There T.o
-reocive _the prdere .tor the intended movements :
. -~x.e . .. .The . attack in Central Tunisia is fimml2y broken off . Gruppo
._ . , R l will withdraw. The aalaments will otart to mroh to tho
. . :- . . bhreth position as rapidly as possibld .
_: 2, . Aftor being relieved in the pane position by the 101ch Pz.Div .
D,A.S, will withdraw to the area Thelepto, Feriana. Idasiou :
to relieve Div.Centauro which will move to the Gafna circus, and
to oo7er the fhvlepte area until ooraplation of the de»olitions
. ., . . : , of road and stationsMelepto and Gafaa.
T°day the . following troops in the l axa ..h positiank .
regt.8gs. aW 2~ A;DtV J$t . Std'°;L tz 7a1c, °
Of Aiv,Centauro
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