THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE TUNISIA CAMPAIGN, NOVEMBER 1942-MAY 1943 - Local Arab women seated around the market inspecting cloth at Ain Sebaa, 30 January 1943. The British Army instituted a weekly market for the Arabs in Tunisia. The object was two-fold - in the first place to win the Arabs over to the Allied cause, and secondly, to stop them going through the enemy lines to shop at Mateur which was the only market place for miles of Arabs arrived on foot, mule and donkey to spend the day queueing for tea, sugar, rice and cloth. The market was held among the trees at Ain Sebaa and
THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE TUNISIA CAMPAIGN, NOVEMBER 1942-MAY 1943 - Local Arab women seated around the market inspecting cloth at Ain Sebaa, 30 January 1943. The British Army instituted a weekly market for the Arabs in Tunisia. The object was two-fold - in the first place to win the Arabs over to the Allied cause, and secondly, to stop them going through the enemy lines to shop at Mateur which was the only market place for miles of Arabs arrived on foot, mule and donkey to spend the day queueing for tea, sugar, rice and cloth. The market was held among the trees at Ain Sebaa and its location was changed each week so its whereabouts didn't become known to the enemy, British Army, British Army, 1st Army
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