Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Page 4 7th praised by Monty general lauds . Sicily troops Allied Force Headquarters a. 2 in a recent personal message to the troops he led Aero is the libyan desert into Tunisia and then across the Mediterranean onto Sicily a Soh. Gen. Sir Bernard Law Montgomery commander of the British 8th army. Also praised the work of the american 7th army in cleaning up Quot More than half the Island in record time a it was Learned Here today. 7 o the British soldiers massed before Catania the stubbornly held Axis stronghold Gen. Montgomery cried into Battle with Stout Here is the text of the British leaders message Quot the Allied armies landed in # i a on italian so11 on the 10th of july magnificently supported by the Royal Navy and the allies air forces and Are today in Possession of the whole Island except the Northeast Comer where the enemy is now hemmed in. I want to Tell a1 of you soldiers of the 8th army that this has been a Verv Fine performance. On your behalf i have expressed to the commander of the 7th american army on your left the congratulations of the 8th army for the Way the american troops have captured and cleaned up More than half the Island in record time. We Are proud to fight beside our american allies a the beginning has Bern very Good thanks to your splendid fighting qualities and to the hard work and Devotion to duty of All those who work in the ports on the roads and in the rear areas we must not forget to give thanks to the lord mighty in battled for giving us such a Good beginning towards the attainment of our object. And now let us get on with the Ai together with our american we have knocked Mussolini off his Perch. We will now drive the germans out of Sicily into Battle with Stout hearts. Good Luck to you All sicilians Rind fruits of Liberty tuesday August 3, 1943 nazi Italy units clash bad blood flares in Crete action c civilians in this Southern sicilian town ran Tureh h. It building with secured personal potion that hat. Bern ten Quot a a a a Quot esses photo by army pictorial service Jap Empire continued from Page of Elmer Davis Speaks Over Algiers radio fresh from the United states by Way of London Elmer Davis head of the office of War information so it pc words of Comfort to the people of Axis occupied countries and Flung a Chal Enge to the enemy in a broadcast from this City last night. The own head warned the Axis oppressors that a a just vengeance Wil surely fall a vengeance that comes nearer every Day let every German in Garrison in the occupied countries remember that let the Quisling and the remember it answering the enemy prop i reds closer to Orel goal too towns taken in russian push yanks rest continued from Page of Jap base through which us. Forces have been fighting he said in Many places it is impossible to Advance without cutting a Trail through dense undergrowth too thick even for tanks to bulldoze tue a a a a two Jotter a a a fun away"�an1 i Vyto the Watel a leu Imd the mud there is knee fhe Quot sons . A Cairo aug 2 German and italian to oops have clashed in Crete and the islanders have been advised that Allied Aid is coming it was announced today. The official statement declared that the allies have obtained irrefutable evidence Quot that if Italy goes out of the War the germans intend to arrest the italian commanding officer and his staff and prevent the return of italian troops on Crete to their Homeland at least one italian i it it was said has already been surrounded and fired on. Other units were reportedly tricked into entering a German area and disarmed some Are still standing firm against German orders to give lip their weapons. A message broadcast to Crete from the Headquarters of Gen sir Maitland Wilson commander a chief in the Middle East told the islanders a the germans not the italians Are now the real enemy. Cretans1 you and your organizations Are a part of the United nations forces 1 Vou and your heroic patriotic organizations will play a Prear a ranged role when the. Moment comes await the signal you will i get fun instructions a a reports of Italo German Cash the in the Balkans which radio Rome has denied were seen by some observers As smoothing the was for future Allied attack the now Ork times ventured the guess that Field marshal Erwin Rommel who has been variously retorted in Yugoslavia and Greece May have let Een set to the Balkans to direct a nazi delaying action. Quot the reported decision to tile German High command to vacate Central Italy and make a stand in the the times said. Quot might hat. They cannot get us Here be i a the times said Quot Ingli Hind the Ridge. A i apply equally Well to the Balkans. Tegt. Gonzales should know. He was one of the four Guys sitting under me Olive Trees. A look a he St. Louis mayor Dies in glider the mud there is knee deep he said. Enemy pillboxes Are constructed of Coral blocks and logs with virtually ail japanese installations underground. Col. Schilt said that the ratio of japanese to american Pilot losses is eight to one. He attributed this margin to the fact that a a our men Are better shots and More determined and that we Are recovering Many pilots by a very effective methods a which could not be disclosed. A Navy announcement today revealed that in Southwest Pacific lighting the allies in last months action destroyed 436 japanese planes and Sank 20 warships including three cruisers and 15 destroyers As Well As la supple ships. Allies losses were 118 planes one fault Quot in Whelch Ever tries t0 of Quot d Culler and two Devra Yert us fault with we Urti oyers ult fault with democracy. Davis said there is admittedly some political argument and dissension in Washington. But he pointed out that there Are also elections in America a but in pm our arguments no Man has lifted his voice against the continuance of the War until Complete Victory has been won a a a added. Announcement said. Destroyer record Kearney n. worlds record was claimed by United states steel s Federal shipyard after the launching of the destroyer Cotton the ship was launched exactly if i Days after keel laying. To break the old record by four Days. The new record is too Days production surge asked by Nelson a a it us Judi i Lugt a into tile water ii the capture of too localities in the did not make much of a Evsei Orel sector while soviet troops but it left a Brown snot from Hie continued to skip German attacks Sand Itiat had been stirred in . A Southwest Tlle it cannot get us the commatas be listed As Cap i onthte1�?~k�?~x�?T lured towns to the Northwest. 1 Zer n Hli in so new to stuns won by the toilet Eutte no a a one Quot forces my Nate that the red army ills litter Tiff cad a a has forced an important German to a stopped defense line and cleared up a big s j?14 i Etui of Hie third area which had been stubbornly off ,5 my. Lusey in t1,e disputed by tile enemy i fourth stopped doing nothing in Moscow said All German thrusts i next ont they a a a a waved tor the in the Donnas were thrown Back j m with heavy losses despite enemy whistle came. No sound came use of tank and infantry rein i a. A a Sajt Gonzales shouted a a run Forcemeats nazi losses on All j1� ill the four Guys dived Lino fronts on july 31 were set at 70 air Blair trenches and i ran up tanks and 97 aircraft. Lli11 and fell. Meantime it was announced Tlle Sheil that tile diplomatic corps is to the Lour Guys were sit me in return to Moscow from Kui Mishev in their Slit trend lies under tile where it has been since oct. 1941 a Olive tree when i returned they were looking at what had Peen St. Louis mayor William Dee Decker of St. Louis was killed when a transport glider in which he and other prominent missourians were passengers crashed after falling 1.500 feet during a Demon Stra Ion at Lambert Field others killed in the Freak Accident included Thomas Dysart president of the St. Louis chamber of Commerce Max h Doyne director of Public utilities Charles l Cunningham Deputy City controller judge William l. Mueller of St Louis county court and maj w Lliam b Robertson president of the Robertson aircraft corporation manufacturers of the glider air blows continued from Page of . Planes Down Washington Dona d Nelson chief of the War production 1,000 nazi fighters Board has called for a Quot great surge of productive Energy to end h Iller in Mitnit i us. A % a water can. It was now a mangled piece of tin. A see a said sol. Gonales Quot the 88 comes Verv mat. They cannot get the other three Guys under the a munitions output and London aug. 2 a american Olive tree Are named a sgt Wood provide the weapons needed to i War platies blasting targets from Row James of Weathers Oka Norway to Central Opreanu a. I Pui Lamm. Kia a a carry us through to the Day of l Norway Quot to densest Union Dilona surrender by the in strayed or damaged almost 1,000 Low s. It and pvt Harold Schell emr a a a h German fighter planes dining Erman of Staten Island n y in a radio speech. Nelson said july 8th air Force Headquarters i set. Gonzales i a Liat War production Sti i was in announced today. Flying fort res parents s sri Lanc i to creasing and was about six times ses dropped More than 36,000 tons 1 Dian pvt lf-?11 a a a Hie tire Pearl Harbor figure but of bombs a 50 percent increase </.i,/ Williams is Irish. Pvt. Ruo Sams sir on 5 g ats Romeis in the u. S. Meet mounting military quotas company c who took the Ridge called Belvedere. Lii Abner help Jam Navin a nicmtmare.,r/ a Dae. Am Sid an Vias a ugly Ole in it Musta Pun thet corned Shonk and cabbage vol it. Gran my a thought were. Daisy a scream no Wal a this proves thee Bem Sooper to. It Cal Hai n t faults one faults a. A will set by to bed an hold to hand until a knows. By vol snorting an thet to is peacefully asleep agin by Al Capp a few Voung men would for mar to Alai the fears o Seth a of Zzz i j re Ole Ruz Zaror this proves thet Bein huh a o Han t one faulty one faults to Hai he said Good night t la ats Mae an the Aist g pm Naul Manly Wavee Rean impolite Hant has Taul tee Aull Folly Hime Aull Fand out act what Isaq one fault one fault to tir it do smashed enemy transports caught on the ground. Twenty eight enemy fighters were encountered Over both target and eight were shot Down. During the entire Day 13 enemy it Anes were destroyed to Only one Allied ship missing. Returning from the missions sgt Walter a. Kukas of Coleman. Wis., said Quot we really did a Beautiful Job with every bomb on to target. The Harbor and docks were covered with bomb due of the groups attacking the airline commemorated its 150th raid Over enemy territory. It is the o dest and most experienced of ail the heavy bomber groups operating in this theater. It made its inst raid on Rouen. France on aug. 17. 1942 Saaf b-27 Mitchells escorted by p 38 lightnings turned their to enemy lines of Coin Jiun cation in Sicily and once i More attacked the Harbor at Milazzo. Rhrou Trout the Day fighters and j?1 tor bom hers of the tactical air Force ranged Over northeastern Sicily and hit Onemo installations and troop concentrations in Advance of Allied ground forces. On the night of juy 31-aug. I bombers attacked tile communication centers of Randazzo and Adin no. Rap heavy bombers of the Middle East air forces bombed rail i installations at Reggio i Calabria in the to of Italy last Friday night it was announced Here today. Hits were scored on railway lines and fuel tanks. Bomber Crews reported huge fires burning Over the entire area
