Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Vol. I. No. 72, Friday. July 23, 11 43 soviet army Churchill explain triple drive am re ing  icy rings Orel u. 3. Army daily newspaper Lor troops in Algiers area one franc j Fly 22 rile Elminia  Tenne and practice the  id no principle j Bryansk appears next objective in russian attack in int july 22 striking we a  against the defences Oln russian in Kips today were threatening Hie try from ail three a in of their three Pron Yod assault. It same troops which on tues tay captured of , important in in the Orel Moscow Railroad be Dei Day moved into opt Kha. Fitly Lune mile Northeast of tin h i Man i on hold. Moscow re i he column advancing tip a re the East Hove within la mile it Hie City and the Southern prom was at least is near 6e�ral russian units have bypassed Orel and Are now  Tai  the West and a Ger f men tailor predict i eds hat Bryansk would be the real get o til Kiev my offensive Ion was Only 36 Miles from Bryansk. The lat  and most fantastic explanation for the German nov 1,1  he rear came from one n n military commentator who i put Forth tin reason a a German provocation tactics we lie 11 consciously induced the soviet  launch their Large scale of i Tensive under Una adorable conditions has kept this Battle of at Union going in full  a a free Germany Rii it commentator said that even ii the russians wanted  break off the Battle they were in no  sit Ion  do so. The German plan was  Wear but the soviet lighting potential a a the commentators analytical Gem on the fighting on the Eastern front. The red army however seemed  be turning the plan the other Way in tuesdays fighting on the Orel sector. 77 German tanks were destroyed. Russian combat planes of l anti aircraft gunners accounted for i  planes the same Day Moscow announced. Reports from both sides indicated a major Battle May be forming in tin donets Basin 400 Miles i a out ii of Orel above Rostov. Tilt Huismans said their troops were extending Bridgehead across the upper donets and mins Rivers. 1 Ila  Call  the German  sponsored by the soviet verment has been made by Ammi of Voi German prisoners of War in Russia who Tai la themselves free Germany the manifesto said i is Leal that Germany has in flu War Hitler is leading tin country  destruction and the Day i cd Many collapse is approaching nobody will make peace with Hiller. The setting up of a National German government is a  k that cannot be postponed. Our Tun a free  Lon in n Hon of the of fascism i i of the military adm inst i of Ion it Sicily prune Munster Winston Glim chill told the House of rom Mons yesterday he expressed the Hope that tin j a limn would turn toward lib Era i and democratic ideals it then own Accord once they were de 11v died i Mth fascist Regina i he Allied military government will not operate political activity both inhabitants the prune minister a Deled yanks capture two biggest air bases a Southwest Sicily bombers Pound Italy again a i latest attack hammers City above Rome British Navy shells vital italian port Axis blasts Rome raid Pope s message is sympathetic do italian Radii still devoted most of its time yesterday  the Allied bombing of Rome monday in a tone indicating the fascists would continue  mask their military installations under the Protection of historic Christian buildings Riwu War news even about Sicily. I took a Back seat and news from the rest of the world was virtual a in non existent As radio Rome and other fascist outlets beamed their 11 iday. Propaganda in sorrowful self pitying tones. The ruthless cruelty of j the barbarian enemy was pm i pin sized above everything else. A message of Pope Pius Xii  Cardinal Francisco Marchetti Sel Vaggiano released  the Public and broadcast  the world for tile first tune yesterday was Neutral and sympathetic in tone. The Pope said his Hopes that Rome might be spared for its treasures of Art and Faith and for its Quot sacred Patrimony of the continued on Page 4 i Al like f Gnu it i ii a Uqdah hers. July is Mut ining then concent at d assault against tin j Rah in Mainland a Large Itne of i lying fat i re ssh parsed Over the still smoking City of Rome yesterday and attacked the Ai drome at Grosseto by Miles  the Hoith it tin it Allan Capuli flying through a my ceiling of Clouds which made viability Dilli Cuit the bombers ranged Over this Marge West coast ampoule and scored hit on fungal.  building and Par Al is Ami tit i i la Over the target was negligible and Only out enemy aim ill sighted the an fighting of the la week Iii Cuticular a been marked by i a confusing Saucil it a no my lighter activity returning log the Grosseto a 2nd . Reynolds Baggio it it los Angeles. Cal. Said Hie be Damn raids Are getting Rath j monotonous. We i in the target like droll our bombs and then come right Back Home. Tile fighters did not it Vert bother tis for some reason and m e flak thrown at us i did even have a nuisance value for the Sec and successive Day and the fourth time Iii the last five Days ailed bombers raided Naples on the night of july 20-21 rap and Roaf wellingtons hit the towns marshalling Yards and Dock install at ohs another Force of rap bombers struck at the Croton Airfield in Eastern Italy after dropping their bombs on Cotone. The Rae Crews again continued on pave 1> London july 22 striking the i Allan Mainland for the first time sure the. Start of sicilian opera Lions. British cruisers yesterday shelled the Ort area it cot rout on the Gull it Taranto big re a tint Tod a the live minute Broad add mused numerous fire in the Harbor Dis Mio of thini a a ant Industrial a liter til i hot said the Brit isl flotilla suffered neither damage nor casualties if was Sod army is five Miles from North coast Jap base is heavily hit Allied Pacific Headquarters july 22 in the heaviest raid of the War in Solomon theater. More than pm Allied Tami bets yesterday blasted the japanese Poi of Barosko on new Georgia Island Allied Pacific Headquarters reported today. Results were not Allied Forck Hea Quah cers. July 22  he add against slight ineffective resist Anre the american 7th army has taken chastely Trano and Solana j Sicily s biggest southwestern air leases a l ording  official reports received Hoe a weeping t., .v West and  he North with great lower and Force the troops under it. Gen George s Patton. Or. Have occupied hundreds of Square Miles and dozens a i Small and Large towns As the toll of enemy prisoners Rose a naive the 40.000-Mark. In View of Hie rapidity of the advances the americans probably have in their hands More thousands of prisoners As yet uncounted. Record attack of the disclosed the communique added that japanese troops at Munda yesterday made a Strong attempt  break out of the blockading ring but american land forces threw them Hack with heavy losses. Allied sources agreed that the trapped japanese at Munda fare a slow but constant deterioration unless the japanese Way of supplying and the Garrison. Americans move England gets big wac shipment London july 22 the largest a deut it wac sent overseas i Bering do. Arrived recently  in. With the Atli u. S. Army air f ice p was reported Here today. T i known As the first wac s in Lite battalion. The girls were v i Lilied by Cap Anna Wilson s Quot City Gal Eto wac dire a a Good Cross Section of America a was Are Nom 36 states its a age is 27. Most Are Ull in Iii a i Hole is one War widow it eve will undergo further Basic raining before assignment  duty a it Stein not pliers Aud communications clerks. Aug the set walks leaving the Street Clear for motorized equipment c arg and Stripe $ photo by set Phil St a tilt photo i i Soldier Advance 50 Miles some of the important towns besides caste vet ratio and Soiacca now listed As taken Are Reading j on the map from West  East Merit i Cal  be hot. To san Stephano Mussomeli Santa Caterina and Ramacca. Dozens of other Moab i a cd places have been taken in the great 7th army push of the past few Days. The americans have advanced  i jollity 50  of Miles West of their nearest original Landing places near Licata some find some Quot Quot it it no along the reinforcing met a by p Miles for Marsala Sicily s westernmost City. To the North 7th army elements were progressing toward the tyrrhenian sea at a number of kit ints and constituted a grave threat  lain  tin islands largest City. Mass surrender cast Al vet Rano and so lace a in addition  their useful air facilities contain important Railroad and Highway junctions. Sciacca is it a the South coast and Castelle Trano lies about 20 Miles away  the Northwest. The capture of Gas Tel vet Rano gives the Allied air forces the tis of one of the most Model n and least damaged air bases on the Island. It was Clear from reports arriving Here that one thing above All explained the great Speed of the american advances Large portions of italian troops including once proud battalions and regiments Are i gloriously surrendering without firing a shot. Most of Hie German units of any importance seem  have withdrawn  the Northeast end of the Island s i Iee opposition while flit americans were having a co putatively easy tune of it in the West their British allies were still fared in the East with bitter opjjosjt1 on largely gemini in composition. Small gains have been recorded by the Bill army As British troops inflicted Large casualties on the stubborn defenders of Catania the strategic East coast cry. British soldiers repeatedly found their Way 1 1 irked by extensive mine Fields a the enemy brought into play his old tunisian trick of winning delays  mine and Booby traps following the fall of Kuna announced yesterday la German lath Panzer division was reported  be speeding  the northeastern part of Sicily and can be expected  Blini a Block of opposition in this Corner of the Island with the germans now fighting Iii the Ca Gru Lea