Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Page 4 the stars and stripes daily Martinique chief named hop Penot takes Robert s position Waits for reunion Wash in ton july la Admiral Georges Robert administrator to hip French Island of Martinique in the West indies has been replaced by Henri hop Penot director of civil service of Hie French military Mission Here the United Slater department of state announced the change today and revealed that it would approve the selection of hop Penot. Washington severed diplomatic relations with Admiral Robert last Spring when it Learned that the French Island a Refuge for a As agents in North America announcing the settlement of the Martinique situation the state department said that hop Penot promised full cooperation with tile United nations in the prosecution Nettie against the Axis. It further disclosed that the United states military interests in Hie can i bean zone Are Iulla recognized under the new arrangement aim that French naval Mer chaat ships now immobilized in in Maple will be made available for the United nation a Effort the warships now in Martinique include the 22.000 ton Carrier the Light Cruiser Jean Bertin and several smaller vessel. U. S. Air average tops Axis 4 to i los Angeles. Cal. July 13 better than a four to one average in the number of planes destroyed in Aerial combat in the past six months has been maintained by United sates air Force pilots general Henry h Arnold commander of the air Force said to Day while inspecting aircraft production Here. He said that army pilots destroyed 3,515 enemy planes at a Cost of 846 american planes in that time. A a tile enemy planes were shot Down in 89,691 combat sorties on ail frolics a general Arnold said. Quot whats More our kids probably destroyed 1.127 additional planes and damaged 1,28j in the same Hgt Rod. We Sank 121 enemy ships. To improbably Sank 74, and hit 31ft in the six month commenting on Tike waning strength of the arum air Force the Gene a i pointed out a take any number and Divide it again and again to care Uhall your in ceasing combat fronts and von j Belve decreasing an Power on any one ack ack valuable flyer discovers Allied Force headquarter s. July 14 i Tell. Victor i Goodman of new v irk ctr has Fili ally been convinced that m Kack is of some value aur All the lieutenant a Bombardier on a b 26 marauder hid been needled by 1st it Joseph f to. An administrative officer with Hie same Squadron to Mark anti the raft gun locations Whit or a Tarn Goodman rep tried a a ii tune a hat he too Busy just prior to a recent Ai drome raid Over Sinh. Fat a gov. Gorman an Aerial phonograph and suggested that he pinpoint tile Sites or else the d a Iera e plan hatched results Ive ii in target i bursts of ack ack Cam. Through the Igor Bari Lei a of part men Ani pierced the photograph in almost the exact so where the an to aircraft installation re known to let a thursday july 15r 1943 i Turin raid Augusta taken it continued from i one ii largest yet , july 13 part of the rap heavy bundles which blasted Turin in Northern Italy on Mon Ian night in what has been described As the heaviest raid yet in Italy went on to destinations undisclosed probably coming to it North Africa it indicated i rom the air ministry coi Simuni Itie today others returned to British bases Hie i i wa., conducted by a Large Force of tour eng me Lan Lei to in i mus 13 of which were a at mild trip of More than i to Miles had to be made and Miv a hours of darkness were available in which to conduct the Sperat Ion i he Hight made i bad weather but Over Turin Hie a Clear. Die attack heavy and con i rated. Causing considerable i Drill is t he import ant 111 Cei i a through which supplies piss trom France and Germany to Sicily this Pretti girl a refugee from Poland Walls in Algiers for the time when she will by re United with Lier brother who is a Vii with the Raf somewhere in Britain. She and her brother Lei ii a r romans came a and made their to Egeria in 1.1. He left Lier to join the polish air Force in Ireat Britain. She is and attends school Here. Photo by British army film unit Allied communique posthumous award Given chinese hero Louisville Fly amid a set i ting of american an i coins i flags. Woo h. I a a Aud his Wile received the air met ii a Al to sgt Charles s Dick their on. Who reported tin ing on air raid Over put up it the people t China must thank tor the a a v ars of Sist Atlee to Jap in their in and ours we of i we pm world Salute hem in admiration of then it George p. Johnson commander it it i Bowie in Field sad in presen my he award to the. Chen e couple. Till we r e a my japs Stiffis confirmed to it Odell Allied Force Headquarters. July 14�?this the text of today a communique issued at 1500 hours. The Navy a main task of supporting the army by commanding the sea and disembarking tops and their supplies continues. Throughout the operations. American warships have rendered valuable support to the troops on Shore by engaging surrounding formations and tank columns behind Gela. And. Among Many o Lier targets the airfields at pome Ohvo and enemy positions at por it it empedocle. A Briu Sii and a Cheek destroyer entered the port of Augusta at 1600 hours july j2th. These ships with the cruisers and monitors outside Assis Edma serially in the capture. The naval bombardment described by the army As both acce ate and timely. A to i it a Airfield bombarded from flu sea in the Early i hours of july nth. It is reported that the swell on some of the m ire esp stat beaches has subsided i Here Ware some bombing attacks on cof the Beadles and the vessels Ivin i off Shore which dul n get in erupt the work in pit git is the disembarkation proceeded is Noorily. There Are signs it increased a boat activity throughout the area but Conn 1 ter measures have Peen highly successful and dislike Irten ing to the enemy. Tile activity on the part of mine sweepers and Light coastal forces continues and the efforts of ail have been crowned will Success. On the night of july 12-13. One of our do ilia.-, of Tbs. Opera my in tile Straits of Messina engaged two a boats which were set ablaze and driven ashore a third a boat damaged during the latter engagement. But managed to est a in a captured the highly impotent Airfield at Ponte Ohvo and arc now bearing Down on Niscemi. Two Miles to the North with the taking of the air held at Ponte Olivo and com i so. The allies Haw the Axis of Hest Southern Sicily air bases news of fighting in the Vicinity of Vittoria on Hie Central i rout is somewhat obscure at present but it is Clear that the fall of this i town in the Lull country May be i expected sex a a canadians in this Section of the front have advanced rapidly to take Modica it Canadian troops who or lured tile commander of the 206th italian coast ii division Gen a vet and Las staff the capture of this latest of Many italian generals to fall into Al it lied hands an iou need yester a Day Divett a division has. In com Minique language Quot been eliminated British forces which missed up to Augusta took the town of Prio of. Which stood in their route of i and Nee up the East coast. After a bombardment of Augusta Horn the sea a British and a greek destroyer entered the Harbor men i Pip ashore by tie destroyers found the Fie Onle Friendly and read to come Over there practice a la no Street fighting set a n after Hie Nova to h of Quot Kirts arid Liege p Sheila a tile town they i pop immediately informed that the pm a of had already in pit Ula Tori Sicily pounded c on firmed from Page ii j forces entered Augusta a a land troops Appi of hed tie foor la Niju i during operations yesterday Coni act made Between american and Canadian forces a further general Advance made in All sectors including the capture of Augusta Early this morning with port facilities undamaged and Hie capture of important towns including Ragusa and n Iro some thousands of prisoners have now been taken general Divot. Commanding the 206th division has been Cipfl r d wit ii his Emir Headquarters ind this division has now been almost entirely Eli imn itch the work of adm Uig native Uit a it is of Par ocular importune in operations of this nature is a ceaseless flow of vehicles ainu in i in and stores is being j the nigh the Poi s and her tin t teaches ship casualties units sustained age the be fur North of the r a Baul Mug Brit am. Lie Ivy spent tin be ii a my the in i pm ini1 air it and n a gun tune a Ped to i slight d Imai ic-1 air i a in it v ii Hie n a can am Kim itself when it Ai e a Ltd a my i i a in a 1 a a a t Tel i a ii i i i pout by Antu in escorted by bombardment i Val surface Era 1 Condit is is precut t of bombing i Aly Iii is i it litmus m la n i a i on Nev a111 Sibom in is be i m Lay i i it a i blocs sic in the a Solom it it Hie Sam step Tea regi in and a Iii a galust the a i Mulla. T lie i a a i i in j men e. J a j e la s u i a ii air ill 11 111 s 4 a ii be More i to 1s Imi at Ltd Lei is a do. Following a a �1 lieu ill Iii i i v. 11 Hei a Al. hts w As u no j i n t lie amen a he from Sci it club u 27 i. 1443 ii be r Ca. A a i i a i no in in ii i recent in j cd t get i c i Shu i t k s i la Reb Iii m Inu Hui to july i a >7 de id in to figure no b sans now we us a Kin Wile Smith my i wife came he 1111 in him to Ley la id in their i it i it Victory Garden covered to Date s Nile me had them t a it it reported Here that food supplies Are heir landed for the Lump a civil in. Of tile area. Navy and army administrative tints a Eek nor to it that a Ceasel is flow of vehicles munitions and Stipel is Nishit lined through the port a hit Over the leaches of All of Southeastern Sicily dining recent operations on flu Western halt of the front american warships have backed up the i my troops by Shell Rig tank column. Ii Hind Bela the Airfield at Ponte Ohvo and enemy fortifications it p it it a a Moert a he a Terr to a a r Ciela probably represented the first engagement of any size Between naval and tank units. Cher on Hie coast the Allied Navy showed another instance of is a role by bombarding a he c d i l Airfield Early tuesday i Here were sighs of in teased a boat activities but the Navy j Heel successful in fending off All i att leks it has in ii Able to a it ii b nub in trill a into in i a i he Axi Lias i Temple with Humbug att leks jut 111 i v to of or i in of the disembarkation of no a and material Agun f in enemy air f o men found they my no match tor to bar the Leif Allied air farces Winch puffed have never for an Horn Day or Ninf left the Nav y and Crown a Forcer unguarded since the Union began is batting about .333 tor last of in in it is it has shot Down 4> of the 142 piano encountered de iriv 4�?T a curing i h it p i from sawn until Diak Allied fighters carried out sweeps and patrols of r the invasion arca the be i Law it m i shipping a tile s Une time i fighter bombers in another Day of intense act Init carried out a series of widely i parsed attack in enemy communications Ani mop columns throughout Sicily throw the night of july 12-13, Raf and South african air Force Bostons criss crossed the entire Island of Sicily attacking motor transports Highway intersections. Railway Crossings Ani roads one Boston dropped bombs on Scacca Ai drome on the South coast it me Island in a series of intruder raids Over enemy installations Raf Balli mores it British version of the b-2 it. Started eight fires whim could be seen for Miles. Flying of Fleer p m g Tenty of London i said flares wrap dropping All Over the place the sky full i of our aircraft and Aerial should have Hern engage i to j Cone Wuh the traffic congestion flying fortresses also hit the i Midi bombed trap am Milo air. Field in Western Sicily hits a Ltd scored on two admin stration building is and on hangar bomb also hit among 1ft or 2u an Craft j on the Field fifteen in my Echt ers were in the air. Only two of which a demoted to ten a quote the for returning from Iii raid. A sgt if w Hii Quot us. 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