Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Page 4i he is aks and Siki pts daily h riday july Iii 1543the strategic Island of Sicily c. San Vita fax Idna Tva Marsala old Quot 1 a a a a a _. a i Sicily Raul Canter hot by bombers Sicily cell Hadid no harm British drive Back attack i continued Tram huge i Kina a distance of hint to in Lipsi i could set tia great ii ill Over the City. The ii-25 s Dropp d several St Lings of bombs buildings Aud a ii la areas several Iii i Iii Hie Center it the City. As they Proa lied Hie t get they could i a sin Ike and do.,i still 1�>-mg from Hie Wonit Nigg of the Lins. The b-25 n to veiled the Dock areas Anil caused i tremendous blast in an Oil Slot the dump. While anti aircraft Tup was in tense no enemy Aires ill defended the City. The Allied Aerial Nisi night was also carried to Palermo the islands capital and urges City. To the night of july i i-14 Caf wellingtons dropped bomb., on the marshalling Yards and sidings hits were scored Nan the main Railroad stat it Naud on an tin pot ant. Rail june >11 to Hie North of the town. My City of Etui in Central sinh1. An important link in the railway line Winch cut., Lei a the Island from Tatami on oho East con d to Agrin in to on tie South was heavily hit by i Isa a Mitchells escorted by p h lightnings Tudi explosive a were Dropik d on a suburban mad Junction Aud cd rect hits were scored on the East and West ends of i t Elroad Tunnel Lea Vine the town bomb were also dropped on tin North end of tin town where huge foe., were St a tied i tacked enemy positions and lilies i of communications illuminating the entire Countryside with hares and rows of incendiaries prom d. We until .,k Usa of a mugs Iain to lied a shut i tie schedule Over the Island. Large formations bombed Ani strafed towns roads Aud railways in the Leonforte. Vallelunga and Siena to areas of Central Sicily. Three locomotives and ii least 30 rail cars were destroyed. Five a-38 pilots we have been missing Over the past three Days. Reported safely to their set Hadrons yesterday i Tho coastal a Force continued to . Enemy shipping and i protect the allies rear i rom the j sea i of Credo Cai rung Aire aft yes ter Day evening blew a Tanker i Lei a merchant ship sinking and i i set another t Inker on fire in and i Dixon a Ju-52 transport was shot Down. The j u -52 was destroyed by Bea a fighters on i heir was to attack an enemy Convoy West of Corsica a toil merchant j vessel was attacked and hit amid ship and astern and was left sinking a smaller merchant vessel and i a destroyer were shot by the Beau lighter another Force of beaut igniters located three tankers Northeast of Maudelene the naval base at the North end it Sardinia the largest con it no Cut to from pipe / Allied Force Headquarters Allied warships silent cd i a Allan co Isial batteries one by one in ii All had been knocked out by the Lime the him Light of no is on Day dawned on Sicily a Southern j shores it was related Here by a Royal Navy lieutenant command i i who assisted in the Landing get a c Martian division. I is John b Fern lid. Who though lie Speaks a til an English accent and is known in drear Britain a a playwright i proud of the fact that he is in american citizen born at Mill Valley. Cal the enemy Shore guns Doc d image Heinie they were put out of commission As far to croup was Able to Sec. By Daylight who the naval Oil Leer went Tsuang me Canadian fighting line had id Vance tar enough Inland is to be out of sigh and trucks and amphibious vehicles lolled it a ii i to the front Fernald described How his turned at tor Ira Lim a i he j Mediterranean from the Brush Isles turning toward Sicily the Day before the invasion l in naval i operation was a masterpiece of precise navigation Aud tuning lie said As each group of ships reached its rendezvous Ai tin prescribed hour Early Friday afternoon the Wea spokesmen there declined to St a whore the Allied assaults hum desk Les were made i More than 12,000 i i otters ii in been taken by the Allied Loire and not less than 8,ooh of t he a Lave already been Evascu Ped it . Officially announced Here he morning although a Man Nguie of soldiers Capil lied is ii is King sign of mediocre resist recent reports hum lie the enemy Opp isl Ion t is i Lienig particularly pm tin ast a it isl where the i. On toward Vuai Catania i lie of Agai Tisi second largest Cliv is compile lied by the Naun ii provided by the Gorn Salunga River Ami its Many Cli Acle like to ibo Luris Winch fan out a. To. Hie Ca i a Iii i 11 i in la is believed that there is a Strong con Yeii Tiawon of gemini troops a i pm in toe i in \ i to a it to he to Ca Tatua Ai Millet a.7 t act Iii a wine t t Quot ii. Part in Hie French to Iovu la id mrs bal i i top i it Oid glider assault to lop Weie added tor the sicilian Campaign Iii of Dixon to trained men w a it Iii seeing a Ion tor the fir i time fun Al Init Are in the fulled stale the 5hi Ai my was a i Gall after Hie n a i 111 african invasion and the if army is Iii 11 in Southwest Racine. Gen. Sir Harold it g Alexander. Deputy Allied commander in chief has reportedly spent some nine wit ii the troops in Sicily recently he is said to have Iii nip 1 trip to the Island in a Light no or another figure reported in Hie theater w a the presidents son. Of John Roosevelt disclosed As on of Hie officers on an american Des Rover which was engaged in in protecting the Gela Bay latin h can nos be re vim 10 Ina i. Amphibious jeeps and a a ducks Quot played in the sicilian landings a Lole Tanker Winch was about Lido tons j Thor became a scr a of alarm my was hit by three torpedo and sex a neat Gale was blowing by 2 do tinted a Small Tanker shot hours then miraculously the by Cannon fire was left blazing a wind died Down though p left the Days ii by very Sec Gnu tiv y Over t he a ii Iii Down while t Iii leg fadci1 t it ret in n 11 so ii Itig Vuis marked Cocin i lit a ac-i.1 my flirty nine a to i Ltd a t a d is it 11 tee v at to a St Al n. Am 1 planes no t h Irmis i a tug i ii Mil i. A i in p a is of Uba a f ii m ii 0\ or Central sic ii him bang my viral ing in of i ii. My i m a they bombed , my Sci planes Hail Eastern coast try my scored several ans t bus Moi to int ships and barges at a he li.nboi., of i to i mini and Seal of a w i o Abo bombed and drat a in a p -38 Pilot rep ated Itiat sgt plane was struck by debris win ii was masted skyward Wien i flight. If eked a truck conv., to was a vend thousand get i i h r i d tune. While House clerk mourned by for washing in .1 11, Len Lounh in o r. Til to Eye ii 1 it cd c cd i i e cd i k Utah i go a Olav ii i hem a personnel or i t slav Ile no Sci v cd pm in whee hog o is a to in Ochtel exert or stall Pisi in 111 Vav 11 in in my heavy swells he said a couple of Sims dorm he opera Tiomi. Said Fern lid. Quot we t in a know whet her we a made i in s of it All or nit run clo work smoothness of tin or him operations soon dispelled ail to mibs Dei eight my with in Mien his a president meld in do Public sen in True i mend Quot the a ill. Wms k it w Inch he mourned by in t the is a of aim pro a. Tent ii Quot Tho tactical a Poi a paved the Way for the Moon forces As they pressed no in towards Catania. South Balli wid in when the sic int w4i mores and american a a dons at i assistant Secretary of the Navy called his Friendship with Forster dated b irk to Hie Admi Mustrat on of ill o Tore rems vol my ton i inned Cost vim Lei Woodrow Stuka dive bomber considered harmless Vav Abbington. Jill. Lech i or plane and t Lak gun de it Ai in cats h Ive rendered the one a 1 \ United germ in Stuka dive bom it or a re Lively harmless Annale. According to the War i Omen j i t Bink t he St ilk i is ill said la col a Din c strut a who Mill in b a Ilion ii credited was ii having knocked Down 78 Over Africa Quot our anti aircraft Ion scared the sink is who found it to costly to conic too close to u., with is Ila Appeal Alice of a number of Mark i tanks Iii the Augusta pal and Gela regions quite a Lew of these have Abe my been captured or destroyed. Probably the most Impi i ant a Ingle i a i or in favor of tin Anier i in and tones has been tin domination a Hie Kie. By Hie \ hied All forces. With the autumn ement today that the Punneo naut is invaders have Cap Mied at least six of t he enemy s Southeast Biri i in airfields it is seen that the Aal trice Iii Laver of i lie Allied an Arm becomes even stronger. Allied put Besin i Wain. However that lie Battle of the air still rages seme French to oops Ait taking pail Iii the Soah in Campal i it a a. Announced for the lust Lune Lait to Lenity by the headmen a e i. A t tiie l i cell in in non 11 Nina it has not been revealed Here Vii a hit Flench an lighting in i it la known the moroccan gum tie la i vol cd hundreds of new erected Cement pillboxes nearly Hill it them i ii tut gun emplacement s. And 1 ii a a ands of Lect of barbed wire. Rand in the valleys rum sicilian or he indicate that the Axis Wain the midst of feverish defensive prep ii a i ars when the diva Ann t a struck according to one Obr or Llu 7th army under la i in Gcorge s Pat ton Airn Sicily has been inno need As the first Complete american army to i i be he i in id Aga inst 11 in i Genii my it includes units from de Fanner second corps which fought i , and unit. I naval product a Bost praised by Bone Washington july of incr a a i american naval production were revealed Hilly by senator Homer t. Bone of Washington a member of the a acpt Nival All ins omit ii flee nearly four tunes As Many torpedo bombers War turned out last month As in june i <42/ tie an bounced dive Bombe production h is Nult i plied six and a h of times and i Giber plane production Mon than three and a Hall times Navy shipbuilding Progi mis show eos i to v l i j j it of i a a is. Quot s Ai b la a Nob i the it the Iii irked �?~-11 r a i i in in it it or torpedo pro it 1ji to a Vav is in Iii a m of he in i 1 >1 ten a Nav 11 Wai f ire a a til tunes As in any it a it f. Vei c irn plated in i he first i 11 of in t Iii c1 a i lad year no Sam Brownes washing in t he War de n Anent in. Ruled that the Sun Post we d i my shoulder straps in i Mai i auf hoi sized to be cd 11ka i. Of neg i hem May weal the Bels and is raps bul no new s in in tie purchased because pallier my brass ate cedi Rel a dials the jul ting pointed out
