Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Vol. I no. 107, Friday september to 1943 u. S. Army daily newspaper for troops in Algiers area one fran americans land near Naples British mdk6 huge invasion Fleet new Landing desc Bendjy Piot on Calabria commandos join seaborne infantry in Pizzo operation Allied Force Headquarters. Sept j seaborne infantry and commandos of the British 8 ii army landed yesterday under protean e Royal nay gunboat Lur at Pizzo on the Western calabrian roast about. 30 Miles North of the main 8fh Ai my voices Rushing up to a coastal Road the new Landing was effected with Only tight opposition a few Miles South of the third lateral Road that cuts across the calabrian strip. The second such Highway i rom gift to on the West coast to Locri on the Eastern Shore is now so Fely in Allied hands As is All the territory South to the Messina Strait. While some German prisoners were being taken in Calabria resistance to Allied strength in this sector was expected to be slight with the germans evacuating hastily to prevent encirclement by Allied end  it was considered improbable Here that there will be any severe fighting in the South of Italy through which the 8rh army is now Rushing to make Junction with the american British forces to the North. Extensive demolitions however Are looked for. Allied Force head Al ters. Sept. 9 an in asian Fleet that covered  Square Miles disembarked the troops that storm Ltd the beaches of the Naples area. A Pilot of the Northwest african photo reconnaissance Wing said today. Flying officer John a. Wash cd. A Canadian of czech descent who flew Over the areas Ltd it a after j Dawn said Quot the ships varied in size from assault barges to warships. The barges were sailing in d ens and dozens of formations be to it n the beat lies anti  soviets push past Stalin Bachmach Falls Stalin announces ., British Force establish beachhead on Italy s West coast by stars Jap aircraft Rush to lae aussies five Miles from enemy base London. Sept. 9 soviet troops have already driven the germans 40 Miles beyond Stalin and Art pressing Westward toward tilt great Bend of the Dnieper rivet too Miles away Moscow radio said this afternoon. The new russian successes have carried them across the main Railroad line from the donets Basin to Dnepropetrovsk principal City on the great River below Kiev. Soviet flying columns were reported fanning out Over the networks of communications Northwest and South of Stalin where the germans were retreating on a 125 mile front. The capture announced yesterday of Krasno mask on the main line leaves the germans with Only one minor railway by which they can evacuate their great stores of supplies from the donets Region. It. Gen. Mark w Lark above commands the american army which yesterday climaxed its intensive african training period by storming ashore in Italy. Gen. C Lark returns to the military limelight which first focused on him last fall when he made his historic submarine trip to North Africa to pave the Way for Allied landings. At 47, he is the youngest three Star general in the  Army. General Clark took command of this army when it was activated Jan. 5 this year. Until he came overseas in june 1942, Gen. Nark was known primarily As a skilled professional officer particularly a master of training troops and planning operations. A sgt. Jack Foisie my stripes staff writer a Large scale Allied invasion Force landed f 0400 hours yesterday morning in the Vicinity c Naples on the West coast of Italy just seven and i half hours after the marshal Sadoglio governer had announced an unconditional surrender of a italian military forces. Brit ish and United states army troops or Der direct command of l t. Gen. Mark Vav. Clar Are now in Contact with German forces in the or Oles area. Beachhead were established deceit fire from enemy coastal batteries and the Landing were Quot proceeding satisfactorily a according to. Communique issued at Al 4 cd to fall  German Hun French targets heavily bombed Allied Force Headquarters. Sept. 9�?the outta neutered japanese Are Rushing All their available aircraft to the lae and Salamata areas of new Guinea in an attempt to Block the Allied ail and land offensive which threat pm to smother both bases a com London sept. 9�?boulogne and other targets in Northern France were subjected to round the clock while red army units pursued hammering yesterday by Usa a the fleeing germans in the South and Raf medium and Light bomb the russian drive was advancing Vin. Little opposition was met Dur in the Northern Ukraine and ing the 24-hour sortie and several continued to split the German Cen airfields were heavily bombed trial and Southern armies with the capture of Bachmach. A vital railway Center 115 Miles East of Kiev. Marshal Joseph Stalin in an cider of the Day said that the City from Gen. Douglas Mac j Headquarters Munique Arthurs today. As a result of these desperate efforts to save the bases the japs Are now becoming More and More vulnerable to air attacks in other areas the communique reported while Allied bombers poured another too tons of explosives on Lac yesterday. Australian land forces advanced from the East to within five Miles of the Garrison. Pl0111 the Markham Valley american paratroops and australian artillerymen swept aside weak Jap patrol resistance and reached a Point less than 20 Miles West of Lac. In the Salamata area 20 Miles to the South Sharp fighting flared in again As Allied pressure increased. Borrow one Shakespeare said. Neither a Borrower nor a Lender  this newspaper Seldom has occasion to disagree with the Bard of Avon but then will could hardly have Forest in the acute shortage of newsprint in North Africa which has forced All daily editions of the stars and stripes to Cut their size by half. Please disregard Shakespeare s advice and borrow a paper inst a1 of buying one. Then lend it to somebody else. It will also help relieve the Scarcity of units will hold Down orders to a minimum. Twas stormed by the same troop.4 which. Occupied announced i other russian Bachmach have advanced to with in 80 Miles of Kiev. Moscow radio said today. Bachmach is the Junction where tile Railroad from Gomel joins the line from Kiev to Bryansk. Since the latter route was severed a the russians Early this week the Gomel Bachmach railway remains the Only line connecting the German armies on the Central and Southern sectors. The largest spitfire Armada Ever used in a single operation escorted bombing attacks on Lille and Hie marshalling Yards at Abbeville. Nine nazi planes were Down Konotop monday. Of re spared to loss of four spit units bypassing i Large scale amphibious exercise on the South coast of England were rehearsed yesterday beneath a sheltering umbrella of hundreds of Raf. Canadian and Allied lighters it was announced. Special communique issued at Al lied Force Headquarters some five hours after the operation had started. No further word on Tive dramatic invasion was announced at Headquarters throughout the Day other than to state that the landings were being made under the pro ted Ion and cover of the Royal and american navies. A a the disembarkation of the i troops with their guns vehicles stores and equipment is proceeding according to plan a the com a Munique read. I there was no hint in the a died Force releases As to the resistance i if any of Balian troops to the Allied invasion nor of opposition by italian troops to what marshal Pietro Sadoglio yesterday called in a stacks from any other Quarter. I meaning the germans. Marshal Sadoglio himself appeared to be adhering strictly to the terms of the military armistice imposed on the italian government j by Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower in the name of the United nations. Throughout the Day the firm High pitched voice of King Victor Emmanuel Premier was heart Over Rome radio rebating the text of his surrender proclamation first delivered to the italian people at 1930 hours last night 60 minutes after Gen. Eisenhower had delivered his historic announcement to the world. From Neutral news centers in Europe came reports indicating that some italian soldiers sailors and workers had already complot d with the capitulation terms by laying Down their arms by destroying equipment which threat and by delaying and harassing t enemy wherever possible. I tall occupational troops Complete i arms equipment and transp marched from the French Sav area into Switzerland they in h 1 n interned the Swiss gov i me ii i said. In the turbulent bal ans the italian garrisons Appeal i to be making preparations fight the germans with we they formerly shared of Iupati duties croatians with the evict approval of germane were Man my on Dalmatia on the Yin slaving coast to take bark tei Lory which is ours from the to in is. Various italian naval units we reported at sea. Sailing for alb ports As instructed in a radio not Sage by adm. Sir Andrew on Hingham commander in chief continued on Pape 2i fight ahead for warns fascist government formed station says yesterday a radio broadcast of Uncertain origin to it Bing italians that a fascist government had been formed in the name of Muslim and asking them to a a refuse to go Over to the enemy and against your German friends was heard Here twice. The reference to a a your German friends As Well As certain other phrasings of the message seemed to indicate German origin. While Mussolini s name was mentioned no Light was shed on the whereabouts of the deposed fascist chief. The broadcast denounced marshal Pietro Sadoglio a a traitor and asked italian to fight with the germans a a when possible and when not to go Home and await  High muted officials discuss italian news by a staff writer Washington sept. 9 president Roosevelt and prime minister Churchill held a meeting of t lie american Brit ish supreme command As the news of Italy a surrender swept through tile startled capital. The two leaders presided Over a White House Victory conference attended by Gen George c. Marshall army Chiel of s Aff adm. Ernest j. King commander in chief of the  Fleet Harry Hopkins presidential adviser and High British military officials. Italy s surrender news agencies reported has aroused the following speculation it was believed that president Roosevelt Anc prime minister Churchill in their recent conferences had Laid Down the general terms of italian sur Remler but had left Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower with a relatively free hand to Deal with italian offers. It was noted that Italy a capitulation was Iii line with the unconditional surrender formula agreed on at the Casablanca conference in january. There was also speculation thai Oiler satellite states serving hit Lei would follow Italy s example perhaps in the near future. Some sources believed that Italy a action might encourage Finland to make separate peace with Russia. Observers agreed that italian surrender would inspire new Hope in the Peoples of nazi occupied countries and said that further uprisings might break out against the occupying nazis. Is. Officials were reported to be gratified by Gen. Eisenhower s t continued on Page ii Washington sept. 9 a �?�1 general Eisenhower s Story him Tell it a president Roosev smilingly said yesterday when a de to comment on Italy ssi Render. Italy a surrender was a Gilt Victory for the United nations i it was also a great Victory for t i italian people a the president s in a nationwide broadcast open the third War loan drive. J president changed the text of / prepared address to warn i i country let us not delude ourselves to i this armistice Means the e and the War in the Mediterranean. A must drive the germans out Italy As we have driven them it of Tunisia and Sicily. We in drive them out of France and other captive countries and must strike on their own soil ii All directions. Our ultimate it Jeci Ives in this War continue to Berlin and  the nations capital was Milf is excited than the re St of t nation government officials Tak their Cue from the president f of chief Elmer Davis who six we Haven to licked the germ  but the War with Hitler did restrain the enthusiasm in Obi Large cities such As new a where 200.000 americans of ital descent agreed with their fell countryman mayor Fiorello lug Uard la that the people Finly did not want to fight the i lies