Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                I no. 73, monday july 26, 1943 Aims daily5f u. S. Army daily news paper for troops in hairier 7th army captures Trapani yanks sweep past Marsala nazis still hold Catania by set. Cit oko por sky Star and stripes staff writer Al i ii f rce Headquarters july 25 troops of the american 7fh army have continued their conquests in Sicily a Quot a to chm into Trapani Large ii a fewest air Baw and shipping enter it  disclosed in the a my Uruu issued Here at noon t day1 Bhikhi g of Trapani. N pm had gained Complete a a in col of tin Western two thirds hic i 4jhld except tor a few Annot pockets it resistance which v of i to Idle Beme mopped up. News which readied Here Dur to weekend showed the \ nitric ins swarming into mar-1 a la. Tile Poi t on file westernmost i he of Sicily and driving through i a Iii North coast at  some distance East of their first Anil ameed break through to Palermo. Along tile whole 8th army front the i a Rye in German Axis forces of in still were reported of a 11ne, Stilt resistance despite tile t it. That British troops were in i Birring heavy casualties in Unet she Al ii dictators 40-year-old general leads Canadian army ,l1ej, Torch had Quad. Teks. July 2.,-Canadian  i Quot Lolly Are boing led by i youngest major general in Canadian army history it  revealed bom yrs old a he is Muj. Ion Mysit Ponds. N who  i it re a to Quot 1 Quot or a k of Sonora of do three months ago. He came to the British Isles ii i is a major in the Royal Canarino artillery. Since then pro motions have come fast and he i has held several staff positions. He ached to the Headquarters a 81 r Bernard Law Mont a  8th army As an observer Ming the North african Cain i Ign first version of punched through Rome radio states italian King accepts la Duce s resignation Benito Mussolini has quit As the head of the Allan government and marshal Pietro Bado Lio a been appointed by King Vittorio Emmanuele v no a ,. Puce u  announced shortly before la pm last Niht Over radio Rome. At the same time the Rome radio issued the it it of a Royal proclamation which indicated that the new government intended to keep on with the i . The proclamation read italians. From today i am taking command of All armed forces. In this solemn hour for the Mother country everybody must take up his place of duty. Of responsibility and his Battle Post. No deviation from this duty can be tolerated. Are �wrimil7vun$ Ca Quot 1>c permit a f All italians ated  be ave to which have Lacer i Tbs sacred Sod of the motherland. Italy by a a cr.�, s Arner f  determination of All a a the Quot a again the  to recovery. Ii j a v my re la an Ever 1 am indissolubly United to you in unshakable Faith in the immortality of our country. Y shortly after this proclamation marshal Bado Lino issued one of his own which said a a italians on the orders of the King emperor am taking Over the military government of the country with full Powers. I he  continues. Italy grievously stricken in her invaded provinces in her 1111 Fnu int. How yanks to Palermo of Silt. Salt k to Isik stars and stripes staff writer Quot idling attacks against Catania a Southern tie mses Canadian troops hive been engaged Iii bitter fighting and have made Good Progress in then Aksit ions to the West it old embattled British units according to today communique Vilter it  said unofficial by the canadians had turned a is wird from Elma and were As it i Stag the British by hitting the renin flank Riziere is Strong indication from i a r s reaching Here that tie command is attempting not a Zabilla a formidable front boil ill Miles Long i n a Semi Mirrle Irving m front of of. Etna Ana i i Arent Mountain ranges to the no it it ii i . Such a front starts when the Fern Manga River Emp no tile sea South of Catania men it ads Westward into the upper readies it the Dit Tania River. One of tile Larder tributaries u he c ret to a1 it Anga Basin leaving tin a Quot a a fhe town of Catenanova. Uie Trot moves m a northwesterly direction to Regalbuto and then c a 1 r i r p Ion m the same general Cli continued in rage if kit soft. Milton Lehman stars Aud stripes staff writer it a guv a ssh is Kusuk  a rows White hag sicilians lined hip wine i Arn dunking now is the or reeks Ironi Monreale. The sub Brand and bottle Hie German de a Urb perched on top of the last handed and could not gel a Iii. All the  into the capital Porro. Venir City itself cheering the aria it mrs it a a yanks ate in Palermo units of the armoured division on we i hit More than in n i route from Corleone Hon  entered just Beton doric he a ohm me of info Ultra ,3 Days ,llu., j a i ded in Ising who were the first to the Southern beaches some one 0.ii h Palermo were receiving a Hundred Miles twin the Crow similar Welcome. Fies and he does not Fly in  everyone  waiting for us. Tanks infantrymen and Reron irom tire Farmers in Monreale to Naissance in item the first to the businessmen in the capital break through into tie City and even general Molinari nod his Leach tie Northern hoi rho it it Monreale hug the Island in two my Isaroon St a i f. Stationed 1 n were waiting with their Luggage in it. What i believed to be a Lari packed tor the arrival of the x1 Hgt in round to in to on the americans outside t i in military we us la Hoot the i my. Hospitals in town the wounded la up we in 11 u to tin or hoi waited and Rhea red. Sniping inside tin Rev the fir t rite Roan leading into Palermo null a bulks Wen leered by through Monreale wind Hirn i 11 ,0 is b r of new Vav  Bills that Are More rugged than Quot j Hie t a and a Manv that stalled to Sheri id Lunoff a 1 tin hic Broad a a Nee in Tenoia one Ituna a j s r a p in the recon Nai  n Tooi of1 Modem Van armoured to Quot tint ii cod Quot Al Quot Ltd a huh the. Oma in red Rhein  unions and to d  or a ground with a other Iron to i Hie kid d d regiment practically even strip nor by her at least h Road into town is or Romuld not unto a to. No a idea Nom a defense positions of a mrs in then comma Nemih  aids could Knock out Colet urn s Patty it nor Anid a Ink or Nam below a if r Wnm if. A i a american fritces corp Innea on rage in i  us Raja a i by James a. Rikl of Aku stars and Stripe staff writer Palermo. July to when you it pm on trip ropes keep punching. American infantry and armoured forces followed this old Fristic and Acet Ltd flit letter of Jav which enabled them to Complete lightning drive to the North. Of its conclusion they occupied this capita City of Sicily chopping off the Western tip of the Island and setting the stage for it coup de Grace ordinarily a City of half a million. But now somewhat red iced in population due to evaluations a used but heavy Allied bombings Palermo offered no resistance w a dose or the  by Miles played file a Mote than a triumphal Parade in a Coly of a Tijou from g Rummi Artil Leiv u pm. To aled positions entitled to take a  Ai the first americans a a it reach pal no were the foot sold us. Striking i �111 the right throng or 1 co 11 to the i in t in then wheedle Ca a Ward toward la Civ Fth Quot were a i i on the Ca in t b Job f of t Hen it tik a ppe a my the Arm tif t a. Which had St a 11 cd to in a a v in is1 Ievin a in it i  til armoured tut fit Roll a he City prop i o 1915 Liere a r to a u,., a j get cd 70 Illiac the Ria cd u it to 1 clock met the cop hied in pig s ruined towns maintains Lier Faith in her Given word. Jealous of Lier ancient traditions  must to closed around a King emperor the Lieuw in 0  a a a cd to Samole to us All the commission which r received is Clear and Comose i Wil scrupulously xer used and whoever imagines we a in interrupt Normal develop Anent by who Becks to trouble the pub Mere 7 a i struck with Mir be Kinju pc lip r Aly a1 is historic announcement that Hie italian dictator had quit came a j a w months less than 21 years after ii made his famous March on Rome and a Little More than two years after he so glibly led jus Bopil and country into or it the ode of nazi Germany. I Here  no telling from the bar announcement whether Mussolini s fascist party which has Long been the Backbone of the Fth Ian  machine would continue 0 i inaction. To it it nobody could help noting that Mussolini successor mar him Sadoglio. Was definitely t or a fas  auf that he w is cer inh not no German in fact bad Iglio leanings  been  Rov Hist if. Is on it it Able t militia  ? be Ai noun Erneno the my Quot uni wa., out came at Hie end it a week a hat had been even Mot. Bat u n he in 1 or in for Bali in a in p Jermo Sicily s largest City. 1 1 a Ai 1to the allies and 11n i 1 8i�?~ 1 1 Tupa Ign  going w �?~1 a a a a a or the a i led 1 1 a a h a min a bombed for the a a Moti i to a d to in it o a hit chose to 1 meet n 1 a his a in 1 Northern Bali in r a what  Aid or done at that on Terence w i it not divulged but it w 1. A in bet that la Duce hid continued in Page if