Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Algiers vol. I no. 67 Friday july 16. 1943 la. S. Army daily newspaper for troops in Algiers urea one franc Sicily rail Center hit by bombers Messina pounded by Allied planes two Days in Row Al i ii i Forck ters in v i a for the second Milt Ess tire Day tin Long Arni of Allan air Powe Tea Heil out Antinick at Mes a yesterday in a raid which highlighted the try a it air Arm it v Over the Island of Sicily. No. St a to a. It a a it and ferry terminus Only in or three mites removed from tin italian Mainland i. Hit by a Strong Force to to us. 2do heavy and medium bombers of the n nth african air forces yesterday heavy damage was i a in to to and railway communal it ions Mima i a local Point for ill i til traffic on the Island and to i in of Holway facilities w Mil i Vii i in h. Piper the movement of Axis try a ups and supplies Wmith to the combat areas tin. A Trent rated assault on Medina we. Tarried out by four Epa de team Haaf b-17 flying a j it Mitchells and the roving reporter columnist describes incredible a Landing by ii of i v la in Boc the frn Sicily when chasers up i i went ashore on the South coast of Sicily about six hours after our first assault troops the Beach was already thoroughly organized it w is really an incredible m enc. Incredible in that a had done so much in just a to hours it ictus ally i Kike i is Tho ii ii we had been working there months. Our Shore tilt jobs and the Navy s had knocked out the last of the enemy artillery on the hillsides try shortly after a lipid and from then on that fir a Dav was i inst a Norm to one of unloading shins on the Beach As last As pos Sihle the Only interruptions were a halt a d Moi it i so lightning like ii be i Millings the american invading Llu it was divided Lido sections and each invaded a a rain Sermon Tima coast the a a a a a i till cruisers the bulk of it of com be. Was mad up of my scores my Scot is of it w Type i ail j lug it aft men and to k. And tan. And supplies of All kinds perhaps you it Utah oui whole Force having to be unload d i rom big boats in my ones Aud then taken ashore that Lipaj iced Only to big trait sports which used a be Ocean liners and we had none of those Iii our so rectal Fleet actually every hop m no t a a a it except the gunboats was capable oof Landing right on the Beach old they were to it Kim touted and could Beach themselves anywhere this immense Fleet Lav ilk a Blanket Over the Waters extending As tar out Itro the Mediterranean As you could see i Liere was t room to Viand the to it Alt on the British drive Back attack on Augusta capture Bruccoli and o it i it a entirely independently Beach at once in they Wool i com ii it Lei on the previous night Craf wellingtons had hit the Sam target i ii f i mfg escorted Nyp to flight n Trigs. I Lew through a Wall d intense accurate anti aircraft tire to attack the marshalling Yards observation of results was difficult according to the air Crews because of the tremendous in inuit of smoke which covered the City. A veritable Naif storm of bombs ruined Down on the rail Yards. Ferry slips and among Oil storage need is in re two explosions followed by White smoke were Rived returning i loin the mis Ion Frederick j. Carman of Peke Kansas navigator said was trying to get a Quick look of 2nd to Quot i at the bomb dam or when All of a Midden our Bombardier began calling out bus hits they made a Nicoky to irk Down the length of me marshalling Yards. One of the Hon Tbs touched off an explosion that made a huge Shadow Over the 2nd it. Thomas b. , of Indianapolis id. Said Quot our by nulls got in som mighty Good licks i saw one terrific explosion must have been Oil smoke went Aii about 12,000 feet. When we were on our Way out from of continued on Paga 4t from the others the Fleet i was Villi carried int Mir my was on the we Mcern end of the invasion our terror a co red a bom it Miles of the Beach front our m it h id hundreds of ships in it All the Way from tiny sub Raf planes hit convoys Litho Force he Ald Quad items. July or rap torpedo carrying aircraft of tin coastal air Force yesterday had one of its i most successful Days since this i Iii Iii Campaign opened. Hammering at Axis sea borne Supply lines the planes scored hits on a 9 000-i ton cat of vessel and a 5.000 ton1 Tanker Atid set a i too ton Tanker j ablaze Wiki Cannon fire. Two Axis convoys were attacked the cargo be Sci was sighted steaming North off tile tip of Cor j sic i. While the Tanker Convoy was i heading eastbound apparently for Sardinia. Torpedo carry my Beau lighters and others armed with Cannon were sent to att o k com tug in Low they launched their i Man vie it the cargo vessel slowly Settle with torpedoes in her Stern i Ani amid tips the two t linkers were protect a cd by two flak ships and two. Small escort vessels. Quot we really i tut the big Pilot officer j i h Ide of Vancouver. B c Slid Quot Ai least three of us scored bits my the ship blew sky Iii at signals from the command ship. Unload and steam Huck if i w it until enough wore unlit id de to for a Convoy Hack tor a second in id the Hill Craft carrying about it conf Gnu it 1 on Page 2 Gen. Ration presented with granddaughter Waltham. Mass Laa George s Pat Ion or. Comm in tin a flu american invasion forces Iii Sicily has a new i i daughter the parents Are it col and mrs James w. Totten of this City nazis halted by russians Moscow reports counter attacks world famous j. S. A my band to give concerts Algiers by . Geouge Hakim stall and stripes St Alf writer la you be wondered a nit that mud american military band which led the by Fille Dav Parade i. Wednesday you la lie interested i it know that it was the official mailed super Ann. Bund recently Miv cd in North Africa this world-1umons military band v Inch let Wahington in mid june in i land a in Casablanca be to e hemp Niimd to alg i s in a. I la to 111 111 Mille i Gay is in Oil shoot army band at the Ruil Road station or on the White House Lawn just i on it a before leaving the slates the band played for the president of flu South american Republic of Paraguay. As is the custom at such ceremonies tin Fiat tot 11 Anthem of Paraguay was played a Apt dare has one of the m Cost Complete Library a ies let n a Timal anthems in the for Bastille world he we it even Able to proof general duct the liberian National Anthem London. July a definite slackening of tile German on tile Central russian front was reported in dispatches from Russia today. Between Orel and flit vaunted nazi All out snack has been mopped m its tracks Moscow s Midnight communique stated while on the far Southern flank the red army was beginning to launch counter att leks near by Gorod. The germans attack from the salient near the for the past 21 attributing their to bad weather say the explanation lies in tile immense destruction of Eneim tanks since the drive began Nim Days ago it is cd limed. 2,772 enema tanks have been destroyed my 1,200 planes shot Down tile fiercest fighting on a a flus Sian front was Obi in til Belgorod wedge South of kursk near Belgorod. Moscow Mill. Iii human were going All out in the strength of their attacks Birt the Russ Ems held their and it it Niue Points even thrust the enemy Back russian counter blows w Ere gaming in strength Lri i soviet tank have made no big top of the kursk a i Iron sect or hours. Nazis Are Lack of pro Ress but the soviets ethiopians eager to fight italians Washington. July loth creation Ltd to a lighting unit of ethiopian soldiers to do Battle for my United nations was the ported distaste by in not Der Ess ethiopian \ be minister Ltd i finance with i resident Roosevelt tile ethiopians who mice fought gamely out with so tears against Mussolini s Lank s and planes. Would Welcome a Cham to it get Buck at Italy it was indicated i Jenss i on let my quest toned said thai trained men Are now available to flu extent of Quot a few divisions a est Lipmen is their Prima Pii problem in td<1d t h it t to it hopi ans would be p mentally Happy to pal help Ite in the invasion of ii Alv. Axis admits new Cains enemy stations pledge resistance radios Rome and Berlin yesterday agreed that the allies were making furl Lier advances in Sicily. They a id cd that Axis troops would engage them Viii the definition of Bridgehead commis to take a mauling from i Axis stations Winch seem top Ltd a a Pooh the capture of and c Tomisa As nothing More than us Nice patrols get Landing parties unable to find news to cheer about in the fighting r Chob the a tit to Lay went Back to exalting poetic written about Sicily by an at a pot in 1150 i lie russian front still received i lit More time on the Bertin radio than tju fight my in Sicily tile fairly even conflict in Russia apr Parent in making better listening for the vie tory starved nazi pen i pie French patriots and Quot leaders of the people Arne h Ion the microphone throughout flu Lay i to condemn the Celebration of Bastille Day i ii Nat ional Holiday. Mid has been dear to the heart of la hell patties since 1780. A final commentary on the internal conditions of Axis held Europe As Given Over the radio was a Berlin broadcast asking the British to Senu 2.000 tons a i milk to the starving children of Belgium a everyone know. That food i it not contraband and thai it All toes to the civilian population a Slid the station doubtless with it. Tongue Well up in it. Cheek american forces take key Airport threaten Canicatti Allied Force Headquarters. July 15 in some of the heaviest lighting in tile five Day a id Campaign tin bluish 8th Ann. Yesterday Lepe Ltd an Axis counter attack which drove into the Augusta Harbor area it we. Disclosed Hen inlay following their repulsing of the enemy the by Bish smashed ahead in a foul mile Advance up the East it orm to t Ike the town of Bruccoli t so jelled Hru Goh on some maps which lies on the route log Bania Al Init 15 tit lies South of thai key City. Axis ions., spearheaded by elements >1 tin Hermann fueling i or i urn be Lei Day morning Batt led their Way into Augusta Hatoor Fem por n la cutting ult Allied hoop in the town rapid counter measures by the Alert 8fh army removed the t Ureal by noon amt tin enemy forces were talked la i it real lip the coast american forces of the West end 1 the Semi Cira adar Allied Trout hav made advances at several Miles until one group threatened important Cali Atli a town of Over 30,000 population which commands East West highways and is a Lunet Ion tor both coastal and railway i ties i he Brief Allied Force communique issued of 1500 hours today said that Thamel leans have taken several Quot dominating Hill feature and have captured another important Ait Rotta the name of til Ai drome was not Given but it was reported Hen that it was taken Alfet lighting Winch took place North and Northwest it Ragu a the allies have captured Theira cond italian general in three Day a it it was disclosed in the in port that British troops on the Central Trout Bete have taken tin Genet a1 stat i Ann Headquarters of tit 54th Napoli division till., prize 111 into Allied hands in tie Hilly Ravine tried terrain of the Middle sect Ion where Amel leans canadians and British Are Light ing in conjunction. The forces Iii appear to he advancing in att Eilfort to St i lighten out a front which Loop Down imm Northern Points to the East and West. British forces on the East co test h in been penetrating Inland to toe West and have taken the town of Mobil in la Hills Between Augusta and halt Way Syracuse. To it Ai in it that Bolti communique revealed Anoa lean and by ii i ii airborne troops ii in lately carried ail hic stut operations military Fantin tied in Page 4 remember there s a War on in the Pacific too an. Guy band >1 11 world when tile la Biden it Liberia Viii i j sited the White House several in band. Which a organized Moulin a go i Ell i., compos it of i men and the band bes always 11 Imp it a 11 in to a flyers. Of of whom cd to mde it min of lice of 11 inn Ca a t loin if i Ircy. I vat i Ivr w h. A nit Jot try of he 111 p 11 i i i of re alar army in it. Tit. Of whom have belonged i he h my sir. P if it or. Or bion ii it the inv Ortandl functions a t he i. My w la n u w e .-.i,binned ii Wigt u i in. I a i s to of i of in at Iii prom it in for my visiting ailed i personages j. 111 a a t it a it Piir ult d to and trial a Reding chief sex mum loyalty a a a reign dip. It nits were in it by the a ant processions such As in inaugural pal ides of presidents c Coolidge. Honer and Roosevelt it played at t a memorial set Viers held in the capital lot the la King Albert president of his Deneui a Sander them hit a and a of Belgi until i to germ my Gen. Von his late May r v Al first. Kin of jul of number of other All mein Liers of the hand Are enlisted men and All ire Mush cans continued on Page 2 Reinfo Reem Tbs to Rived on til front Aud Mic to it tin initiative was wrested from a germans Gemm loss in equip a it con tiny a t mount mgt jut too Mot German tanks were knocked out yesterday in the Bogorod -.emu-alone, including 20 Quot a i Quot to a russians troop Cri ving a Moscow Rej Hirt Sud mails have be a us a bile gun with i rom 1 it in it Ai t Bicker than hat of the to it a of is mount d on a i my he n Sis this gun. Known to the russians As Quot Ferdin mde was con t tiered both germans it Invulnerable. Hut hive 1 been destroyed on the hi1 to Field s no Igo North new to july 15 Allied i lice. Have already penetrated the in in outer defense.-. Ltd i the i it he cd id d a Iii bad at Munda it was indicated today at Allied Pantie i -1 d u a 11 i a but heavy fighting expected to i of the new Georgia s roil hold in t he Solomon it i it a j a 11 a ij11 it cd i ii a t free prom j att \ k on m ii i i Caddy id a timing Amer a in a it it a it were reported to have v led my two St i dig Points Bimi or path Iii Loire was a lifting in a i y tin oui ii in Mig in i rom a Brid Che by in the East another was up. In. I mward to la North a a my nerd was moving up inc in they from the coast a nuts ii mice i at a Aquart i it a a i a j i fed a saying the ii loin and probably a Jap cruisers and Del Iver were sunk in the on i Battle of k Ila Gulf in which amen an looses were said to be a slight a f i it a Pearl Harbor Admiral Chesser w. Nimitz Pacific my Al comm Bider in chief commented on the highly successful Quot sea opera t dolls in the South Pacific a lit de a red or i tree from Alt services to it Cool ducting their opera Mon most Mic e bully in the new Georgia operations. New ships plane and troops. Gilly trained bid fully equipped for Battle Are Law coming to the Pacific in satisfying numbers to insure our retaining the null dive Quot
