Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                J push a a in newspaper for troops in Algiers area one or a no big bombers Axis denounces hit Oil Field Allied warning in Rumania Germany s fuel Supply receives heavy damage Aiko. Aug. 2 in what was cos it ribbed As the biggest Low level mass Laid in aviation history a Jakiv Verlula orcs of nearly 2>ki liver at it it of the 9th Usa of carried chm a devastating Daylight attack on the p Loos t i Oil Beds in re Viania yesterday. Flying the longest round trip hoi ii Bing flight of the War american bombers covered 2.400 Miles to drop 600.000 pounds of explosives and thousands of incendiary bombs from a height of too to Soo feet on installations and plants towers boiler houses and tanks heavy explosions and sheets of flame were observed among the Oil refineries which produce 5,500.-000 tons of fuel Oil a year and Supply More than 35 percent of Germany a Petroleum demands. Heavy opposition was encountered i rom enemy fighters Over the target area and on the return journey while bombers experienced intense Light and heavy anti aircraft fire from ground defences. At least 51 enemy aircraft Are claimed As destroyed. Twenty of the liberators Are reported to have been shot Down Over the target area and a number have not yet re to lied to their bases. It was the second United states raid on tile Plesti Region and the fourth the refineries have suffered since the Start of the War. A Small Force of american liberators attacked the Oil Fields on june 12 last year. The russian air Force attacked them twice in 1941. Brig. Gen. U. G. Ancon who led the raid personally described it As a Complete Success. Brig. Gen Victor St to i in chief of staff of the 9th Saaf added that the raid May have a a materially affected the course of the War hot added thai the Germanis May have been deprived of the major part of the refining facilities on which they depended to Supply planes and mechanized ground forces both on the russian and Mediterranean fronts. He revealed that a number of the continued on Page 3 the Berlin radio yesterday Dele minced the request of the United states Britain and the soviet Union to Neutral governments not to Harbor Axis War criminals As an infringement of the Sovereign rights of neutrals a i he German radio spokesman pointed out that after the last War Kaiser Wilhelm ii took Refuge Iii Holland which refused to surrender him to the allies Spain was named As one nation Winch it would follow Holland s precedent it Axis leaders sought re luge there allies free prisoners in Palermo 2,000 leave jail after americans Chase fascists on in Sicily a a _ allies begin drive p i Jap Empire raids hinted Knox discusses Pacific warfare Washington. Arn. 2-a hint that the present Island to base Campaign against the japanese in the South Pacific might soon develop into strategic attacks on Points in the japanese Empire itself was expressed yesterday by Navy Secretary Frank Knox. It is not reasonable to assume that Hie method now being pursued will be Hie one of the future a Knox said. At present its an Island to base Campaign but it is not reasonable to assume that the whole War will be fought on that  meantime in their inching offensive against the Jap stronghold at Munda american troops were using flame throwers As Well As Light tanks in their Jungle struggle for the key new Georgia Island base. A number of guns were silenced and ammunition stores were blown up when Allied dauntless and Avenger torpedo planes and dive bombers swooped Over Munda to drop 27 tons of explosives. Col. C. F Schilt. Commanding me us Marine Light combers striking forces in the South Pacific said there is nothing left now on Munda Airfield but pock Marks. The Jai air Force is now operating from Kahili on Bougainville is j1. 20 Miles to the North he added. Describing the Munda Battle. Col. Schilt told of the almost in 1 penetrable Jolli fies surrounding the con to nerd on Page 4t a Palermo july 29 delayed iwo thousand italian political i senors victims of fascist Tenor have been released Here by the victorious Allied troops amid mov my scenes of thanksgiving. Weak and emaciated the prisoners wept and cheered Toen Genii Dwight a Eisenhower s Procla Matious coling on Italy to Lay Down arms was read to them at the former town Hall the political prisoners represented several nationalities More than half were yugoslavs who a i fought the Axis in their mountainous Homeland. One was egyptian and one algerian there was a boy of 16 and an old run with a ion4 i along 60 mile front am Ici Force Headquarters Auk 2 Iii a special communique issued Here tonight it was announced that an All out Allied offensive in Sicily has started All Aion the sixty mile  front Antei ii an. British and Canadian troops Are on the move in a  drive to wipe oui the last vestige of Avis resistance on he in nil i  Bof re i bus edged port of Catania. Gen sir a lenient. Montgomery Bill army has it in us push a atlist ii mins of Hie Hermann Overmi division defending the oily on Quot a the Central sector canadians arc a a driving on the strategic common air blows renewed Naples pounded by fortresses had Quad Allied Force i ers aug. 2�? in he initial blow in the new allow air against Italy was struck offensive 8werye Sial a it a in socialists liberals who were fortresses of the Northwest Afri mans one As hostages because Juan strategic air Force bombed their parties persisted in opposition jibe important East coast i it Ort of to fascism. Many of the italians i Naples and the neighbouring air in and out of prison for had been 22 years. As they filed out of the prison in their filthy rags several of the my i men cried a a Viva american and one gave the clenched fist Salute popular among european leftists since the Spanish civil War. There was applause mingled with Genu be tears for every reference to Freedom and individual Liberty in Gen. Eisenhower a proclamation which was read by a lieutenant co Onei now head of the Allied military government with the seventh army. When the Reading was Over. The men were told. A a now you Are All at  but Many of them especially the yugoslavs who had fought As guerillas and partisans in Distant Slovenia Croatia and Dalmatian had no place to go. Many of the yugoslavs sought out italian speaking americans to ask How they could enl so in the United states army to resume their fight against the fascists. Field of Cap Dichino. Escorted by a Force of p-38 lightnings the b-17�?Ts attacked the docks hit two transports in inner dry Doek and a seep Ane base. A Salvo of bombs virtually destroyed a railway station and a direct hit on a Gas works caused a tremendous explosion. Another fight of fortresses ranged Over Cap Dichino Airfield blasted hangars and Headquarters buildings with direct hits and destroyed a number of aircraft on the ground. One Large Oil dump hew up adding to the fires from continued on Page 4 cation Center of Regalbuto and i along the North coast american forces under Gen. George s Patton or. Are continuing their move toward Messina in a steady drive along the Northern coastal Plain american troops of the 7th army Haw captured the Northern Anchor 0 the Axis defense line in Sicily with the taking of san Stefano on the tyrrhenian sea coast according i to today a communique. In the same operation the Switt. Hard striking us forces surged into Mist ret to seven Miles to the South. In taking this Hill 1 or iced town on the North South Road to Nicosia the americans captured 10,000 prisoners More than half of whom were German. From one glance at the map it can easily be seen that the new breakthrough threatens the whole he of of Axis Etna line which depends on the slopes of it. Etna for its Central strength Messina connecting Sicily with the the vital connecting link with the italian Mainland is now 65 Miles away by air. But almost 80 Miles by the twisting coast Road it is known Here that at least two other towns have fallen to he allies on the 7th army front but their names have not been re continued on Page four yanks rest under enemy fire with the american troops in North Sicily july 29 delayed _ the yanks Are on a Ridge called Bei Vedere and across the River Tusa on the Ridge san Rosso Are the Heinie. Tile infantry is slugging it out at close Range today to the tune of whistling shells some going some coining. There Are four Guys sitting under an Olive tree of the West Side of the Ridge Belvedere. One is writing a a mail letter to his wife another is Reading a letter from his wife. A third is cleaning his my. The fourth is doing nothing in particular. You see these Guys Are a testing a with the enemy a thousand Yards away. They were four of the men from c company who took Belvedere yesterday morning. C company had been lighting almost continuously for 15 Days so orders came through for c company logo no further. They could stay on the West Side of Beleve by a staff writer it Dele and rest with the enemy a thousand Yards away. So c company rested yesterday. They had 30 men when they readied the Crest of Belvedere 30 men. The company commander. Capt. John t. Compton and one Browning automatic Rifle. The 30 men dug in for possible counterattacks. It was not very restful this digging. But later the remainder of the company can r up and in t Al i cd f 4 my Nril. Italy press View hostile paper predicts Allied failure infantry hurls everything to Battle for san Russo Vii m u Auu in the afternoon the Vanguard of the receiving regiment passed by c company rested last night while a Battle raged on Ridge san Rosso a thousand Yards away. While German artillery poured shells into their Back Yard Quot we were darned tired last night a said capt. Compton of Tulsa okla., a a we slept very  c company was resting this morning. German 88 shells were hitting the town of Casteldi Tusa behind them but it did not disturb sgt. Nick Gonzales of Dawson n. M. The shells came very As the Allied deadline for the resumption of All out air War on Italy Drew nearer Premier Pietro a Doglio a government yesterday took a sharper More hostile tone toward the United nations. In the face of the Sadoglio governments Defiance the allies gave Italy a reminder of their strength in the air by bombing th1 docks at Naples and the Cap Dichino Airfield just outside the City. The attack was made by a Large formation of b-17s accompanied by p-38 s. The Gas works the railway stations and two transports in the Harbor were hit. The Cabinet formed in Rome nine Days ago to succeed Benito Mussolini a regime made no of tibial statements but the heavily censored italian press apparently reflected its views. One paper the Popolo i Roma hauntingly declared that the italians were concerned with decisive actions hot threats and predicted that the allies would not even be Able to continued on Page 3 with an american division in North Central Sicily july 30 delayed it a some 1.500 rounds of american Quot big stuff fell on the East Side of Ridge san Russo last night and the yank., mopped up this morning. So ended the 48-hour Battle tor the High ground that dominates the vital Crossroads town of san Stefano overlooking tile Mediterranean. The remnants of the German loth motorized regiment advanced Point of the German 29th division which had hoped to pin the americans against the coast and were themselves enveloped. Hack broken Olf Contact and were retreating. The Ridge san Ross rises abruptly at the sea s Edge and continues rising with its 1,200-foot Crest some six Miles Inland. On this Peak clusters the Village of pet Tineo. An excellent observation Post. I one regiment of american infantry was committed to tire taking of this town. The action began the night of july 28. The first battalion succeeded in gaining a foothold on the lower reaches of the Seaside Point but during the morning of july 29 the germans counterattacked and drove them off. One platoon in a a company led by 2nd it. Charles a. Stanley was not driven off it was surrounded and believe annihilated. Though the first battalion reorganized and went up the Hill again this time to stay they never found lit. Stanley and his men dead or alive. This morning it. Stanley of Anderson ind., and some of his men stumbled into the battalion up. By sgt. Jack Foisie stars and stripes staff writer this is their Story of 48 hours on the Ridge pfc. Jared r. Bowes of lock Haven pa., related a we were up there just digging in when a lot of guns started firing at us. Hell we thought they were our own men and we yelled at them to Lay off. They just kept on shooting and then i spied one and i fired at him. He went Down but there were others. �?�1 was behind a tree with a pretty Good sized trunk. One of them threw a conc Sion grenade. It went off in front of tile tree. Just then i Felt a tug at my canteen i thought someone was wanting a drink. Then i Felt something run Down my leg and i thought i had been hit. I took a look. This was  he took out his perforated canteen someone cracked that lie had been almost in line for the purple heart. Quot the hell with  said Bowes. It. Stanley continued the Story. But before this German counterattack we had done Okay a tie said. Quot we killed quite a few and captured 35. Then someone must have got wind of this German counterattack and the message was passed up to us to pull Back. But before we could they had us pinned Down Cpl Manley l. Ankney of Lansing mich., interjected a a hell every one of those nazis must carry an automatic weapon they really poured it to us. But they ire Lousy shots and that machine pistol of theirs is Lousy but it gets continued on Page 3j