Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1943, Algiers, Algiers V of. I no. Is monday july 19. 1943 u. S. Army daily newspaper for troops in Algiers area one franc Allied note pilots pick invader has effect i As name for a-36 on italian dissension tears fascist As breach with nazis widens i 111 ii i a Biga v e Lor living lot has Hurst Cli lot us 11 in a n in Churchill pre Friday Winch i Hoich of dying i 11tier or action a very o allies. Reports Over the ted that not Only dissension. With its rude Pound in give it radio stations on Italy but that re nazi Horn my and a not too Brot to in most significant my Gilt of Asi. The weekend was a printed in the pan tile Churchill the Inatio if 11 Italy and lip Ltd Italy Iii Tny it i Alt Avail woo in a he i i was intern t it i i a i i v n out v unit t tic Mer i i Lioni it i v fascist it ii Cit tier. Pc haps to comment to a mine Damn Shoi t a a lit inc a ii Piper la Popolo Cli Roma a a we it an exp of no help i rom Germany betaine of German commitments it the russian front the i Al i a admitted i Liis was in Sharp con to ast to its. Statements a week Alfo that Gefert tune would fight for Sicily is if ii were German soil. The Mil weight of Allied propaganda was aimed at the fascist government. Allied a in and a Tam Roosevelt statement while Allied planes drooped printed copies of it by rile tons Over Italy. So widespread was its distribution that Rome mailers finally published the Complete text of the message adding of course the italian answer to it. The newspaper Giovale do italia called the message an invitation to become cowardly and dishonourable and said there was no likelihood of italians accepting the offer of min Ender. Radio Rome replied the proclamation in this Way this anneal is another invitation to unconditional surrender. Kven if Italy surrendered it would not mean she had found peace the italian Neonile would he in the War they would be asked by the invader to turn their we Ajjon against Germany a but most significant of All was the new coming from the sicilian front not Only were sicilians proving Friendly to the invading forces he it began to appear that a i arg0 percentage of tile italian defenders of the Island were any con inned on Page ii Ai Ufi Forck had Quad t frs , id pilots no the alg ladder Immler have begun a t me i a i g ii to it a have their plane n tin is the invader. Adapted from tie Roi mils Iii. I he a in. Has been a ii i a la a he 111 valuable Plant s use i m this theater Aud the pilots want it to be recognized by a different name than Tho original fighter to. A by itch of t he to them it Ive conked up invade and j >1�,�?� tobit col John i Steven Amie who commanding of tie first a3i outfit to Battle in this theater y Anks capture Agrigento 8th army nears Catania air Fleet pounds Naples it who Fly the name said to 11 Al to into irk on. 1st division blasts enemy units draw heavy attacks in Landing planes co Over r it a the pc Quot Heads or Sicily luf Nwawe Iray in biggest Daylight raid Aii i Fiji it it a j. H i \ i it rats. July id with Tup-1 blow a a get to the temp a it 1 lied Advance on tin land can and British Injo own i w \ 11 a no i he Plant i i sinned Al i i 1 11 i inor. Wolf i in i tip Emty i i i dined Hie i w ii i i a melt tinman i of log i it it pea i Hixi kill Alt Kiel i Mal Shat ill Ici o i Al i he Anniv which proved k to in h t of Wold has been placed til f lie a Mil lined Ier the weight it i sleds to the i tin weekend Naples i ail was and soul lid to Italy Eldava by the Lien i i i a 11 i i if i n la tan Ilia 11 a lid a it i Point or tipping in Mot vet it my Iii was blasted us i Greate get it mutinied by j Vimas \. In kill Var it stars and stripes staff writer of la. Sicily july 13 it delayed it i lie same 1st division that spearheaded the triumphant american thrust from oaf a to a Zerta in the i tunisian Campaign again handled a big assignment during the opening chapters of the sied radios repeated i invasion. And practically monopolizing the heavy fighting was a hard hitting unit of this division despite replacements a untried youngsters idling the boots of vet Erans killed or wounded in Tunisia the isl division tangled with the enemy s finest lighting men Oil this Island and smashed them backward after a bloody three Dav Battu for a few hours it seemed certain that this one unit would be surrounded on three sides and driven Back to the sea Fiat the americans replied with an eat in morning Bayonet attack that pack briefly to i of too much dynamite for Horal inn Goering s Panzer troops and a denigrate situation was saved. American invasion forces plus paratrooper joined in the initial thrust on a Dav last saturday at a hour 0245 of clock their Landing barges drove into sicilian beaches Over a 20-Nule stretch in southwestern Sicily from Ileata to v Point opposite Vittorria in the South. British troops from the 8th army blasted Inland to establish a line from Ragusa to Siracusa. These Allied forces came to this largest Island in the med terran cant hued on Page 3> launched i the air assault eve Aki from Africa More than my Ascraft of the Northwest Auriean Ait Force and the United slates Artiev nth a Force Iii the Middle feet i to in bed flu docks Railroad Ard it. Nearby airfields and the City s Industrial areas. The toll of Axi it aircraft Over the weekend was 31 sixteen Allied planes failed to return to their bases. The attack on Naples began in the Early morning darkness with raf1 wellingtons dropping 4,000 Pound Block busters. They were followed by flying fortresses who made tin first Daylight assault when the forts left the target area b-25 Mitchells and b-26 marauders moved in and paved the Way for another formation of fortresses and b-24 liberators from the Middle fad command. The raid lasted an hour and a half and was described by returning Crew members As one of the j most punishing attacks Ever made by the Northwest Allicino All i forces fierce anti aircraft resistance met the first wave but there was not a fighter opposition until the medium bombers came in Over the target. The bombers were escorted j by us aap1 p-38 lightnings who shot Down several enemy interceptors As wave Atter wave shuttled in Over the target and dropped their bombs bomber Crews observed two tremendous explosions one i rom continued on a age 4> min and Hall. To air Ione Iii is by. It was announced Here today a i Rudd a Den. Named Quot Fin it Fuhrer Siz Ihen about a month ago was 11 Lisier i re Nim the rus is Vii flout Allied sources pointed tot that the German air exx it usually appear n when the Luff a a i a a a. In trouble von Rich ens air services dates Back to Hie Hist world Wir and through the Spanish civil War Iii Hie present War be has nerved Iii he polish French and Low countries campaigns he also took part in the old against Fng land and in Germany a drive through the Balkans. Alexander is Sicily Leader military governor dissolves fascists reveal 7th army Heads a la he Force Headquarters. July 18 commands composing the United states 7th army in Sicily under it. Eden. George s Paton or. Were announced for the first time today. Included in the newest american army Are the 1st infantry division under Mil Gen. Terry Allen Winch i. 11igulhed itself around ii cinch or util suffered heavy casual in in the Kasserine pass engagement tic 3rd infantry division undo it Gen Lucien the 4 of i in nun division under in Gen to in Middleton Merit unwed for the first time in this theater the 2nd armoured division undo m n Cir a Hugh cult toy which Node tie Landing at Casa i tim it i and want extremely Eft Erin in Tunisia my the 82nd airborn1 division under Mal leu Mit hew rid p was which flew a Iii enc i my o North Alert in november to in ii it it mar n Bradley who ii i d the second corps d Ull sate weeks of the tit Niuma a i ii i in to. Is Milt a a Aunanu of a a j it in till a my. Aaaaaaaaaaaauaiuiaaaaaa4aalaaaaaaaa44aaaaaa flashes from the sicilian front a a a a a a a a a a t a a a a a a a a some of the 16,01 0 prisoners Clit a lire the Cage. In Sicily re neither germans or italians they re poles and French and Sio in Cine of them was a polish Captain drafted into tie German army As i private when captured he asked to change into an Raineri fan urn min and go right Back to the Trumme and tight the gel mans there was a slovak too. Who said the germans to red Hun i tit get a army Itei they killed his Mother and Tattler arid Hen. I1 1 a a 1 Rio e two frenchmen who had fought in the French army 1 la i old n or which they were to in hired into the germ rnai my i la Al i i. 11 i i who Lieut n ii a i ? 11�?� a % we put to ack into a a a t try i he Ruck to North boat of i a i i it huts. It v i Ive minute on sic ii Theu Sci arum put on an a inca la v h ii t it guar 1 it in i i i i Oki \ Midi Shiun Cam up to my pie do Mon Bronx n \ pulled no ills i s citizenship Pap a 4 4 to c out t. I a besides being a c 111 z a n Iii Job fought hic amelic m Iii in the list wit my liter a rationed Ai i i is a no we to f la i v. N i \ 11 it Mihi Divetia i be in a a i r ii it it it it k t it i Sicily a to r he w is Bun Simon to another in Iii in who left Chic Igo 1 r ii a g it i i �1 p l est i o r i did w ii i a a t a it go 11 i e k now and w i to Iii me we ii Nill St t v didst Sii,a1 much n fun i them by their lug ho., mils ohm said Metis i a it one native of a a. Who work continued on pay a a Gill Ile Iii int you a v e my a p a a five year.-, by the Allied Forck Headquarters. July 18 Gen sir Harold i r l i Alexander. Deputy Allied cd oin Inder in chief. Has been a i pointed by Gen. Dwight i Eisenhower to the military governorship i get occupied territory in Sicily and the adjacent italian islands it was announced Here today. Immediately following the appointment Gen Alexander issued a proclamation suspending the Powers of the Crown of Italy and Dis i solving the fascist party. In his i Park graph proclamation he assured the italian people that prop i Al City and personal rights would in respected that they had Little to i fear it they obeyed his rules and regulations Blit that every measure would be taken to curb acts hostile to Allied troops simultaneously it was it closed that in Allied military administration a it operating Iii Sicily known As argot standing tor Allied military government of occupied territory this administration is staffed equally by american and British officers under Gen Alexander amp i officers largely re erupted among civilian government experts have been training in a secluded mile High Mountain Camp in North Africa against the Day when the allies would invade enemy territory thu school tor unlit no governor has be it headed continued on Page 4> Hungary seeks separate peace in Ini it in july 13 Hung my to approached the British government with set i a. Requeta it a i of it it peace hic rep a ted last night interest in London is Only slight act it a lid Hun t. Chi 1 i i i a t e wit h Honor an it shorten the War tor her Ell and a a Lier oat i it a. Hut t lie Only adept a Hie t Errn a re unc it Manti Mal a of i Ere Ler. I lie Bik a diet in p i 1 to e Poi Idem i Ott i Iii a i i4 e j i a a riot i ice i it i i. I j1 for w ill by ii Unga i la ii leader., w Al e to toed it i to Lull j >01 i i lie Catania holds Fate of Italy Rome declares bin not ii Oil it la Nhim Stan and stripes staff writer t Ali Ili Force i Eads Wahlers. July 18 the sym folic v d 111 albeit forces on silly length healed consider a to by Vesterdal when it was announced Here this tote Iufoon that american troops had capt Iiri a tin import ant southwestern town of Agrigento and hat on the Eastern Side of Hie Island the British 8th army. With Hie help of Brit isl airborne troops had surged to within seven Miles re at Ama atle a set ols a to in clashes with Strong elements of German troops. Rot to fun pedicle. A vital a in Mercial port Aud the largest italian naval bases on the Southern a Side Otth Island also fell to the advancing forces of the american 7th army Porto empedocle is Only a Tew Miles South of Agrigento. In their Advance on Agrigento Gen Patton a troops destroyed the 207th italian coastal division and the loth Bersaglieri division. Commander Laverone and his staff along with the entire Headquarters stall of the 207th division have All been captured by the american Lone rile italian commander had been in command of that division for Only 43 hours and is the third of ills rank to be captured in Sicily prisoner toll mounts As of Midnight july 16. 30.000 Axis prisoners had been captured. Over 20,000 of them were taken in the 7ui army area. In the last 24 hours the Allied Advance has continued on every front. Approximately one third of the Island is now in Allied hands. I he City of Agrigento is of extreme strategical importance it hts a population of 2 7,785 and is Quot to of the important centers of North South communications on Island. It is the terminus of one principal Highway which runs directly across the Center of the Island to Catania on the East coast it i put obvious that the Allied strategy is to push up past Agri a Gen to and gain control of this Road. It is also the Southern terminus lot one of the two Railroad lines which Cross the Island from North to South in the Catania sector the germans tried desperately to hold the la get t Lei Leek at Lentini to Ley put up i Tierce stubborn re i i Nice As a hey attempted to Block the Way flt it 1 he Plains of Catania bul Brill h 8th army nine broke through my forced Hitler s tack Hermann Goerig division to withdraw it. Lines to within the Shadow of Catania. It i via Ture i i Nei Bibi a Reinfo cements have been in iving up steadily from Augusta ted 4 major action is imminent for the City of Catania and t in ii in 1 Toof tubing Rome radio commented Quot til Bat t in tor at Ilia i olm a a to be a ii fiercest engagement fought Iii High t to tar get w u and it May Well decide la late of Italy As Gen Montgomery it forces press northward they Are preceded by t Strong ailed Natal Force Winch Iii Given the East coast of a is ii on a i tic most sustained Dunbar Merit a it in n in ii i Dory. Hindi edit hell have been ten a in1 i the m Shore p it is i is Wii tic Blunt it tin attack now icing directed at Catania meanwhile in the Central sect fir ill i a i d i ii troops have pushed a a a a per into tic Island and captured Grammich Cle my Cating continued in Page 4u
