Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Vol. I no. 110, wednesday september 15, 1943 u. S. Army daily newspaper for troops in Algiers urea one franc nazis admit , of key City of Bryansk a men to b Irish London. Sept. 14 a German troops have evacuated their great Central front bastion of Bryansk the nazis overseas news Agency admitted today. The withdrawal was part of the German system of elastic defense a designed to draw the russians deeper into Gorman territory the announcement said. Moscow did not confirm the fall of the City but soviet troops yesterday were known to have stormed into the Eastern suburbs of Bryansk and captured the City s i two railway junctions on the oppo site Bank of the desna River. Berlin says Duce to Rule Little news coming from inside Italy germans regain several positions 5th army meets stiff resistance on beachhead near Salerno Benito Mussolini is on the Point i of forming a new fascist government in Northern Italy the Berlin i my Wcurt Ivin j declared yesterday. This terse Bryansk has been the object of i a nine a Hecment was the Only Addi c it. To. Ai. I lion to the strange Story of Musso i ermans. His whereabouts remain undisclosed and even the scene of the Rescue v Lieh was harder to conquer than i is a cd Pultr i0"�iis say the German Riefen. Hitler s personal bodyguards Lound Filadelphi Italy. Sept. 14 when Allied troops pushed Forward i deep into the calabrian province they came across a patiently waiting italian sergeant and his squad i the sergeant handed Over a score of heavy duty trucks and a Large amount of Pontoon bridging equipment to the British 8th army i unit. A a last sunday i was ordered to i Yed Dohit it hex a lamed Quot be fish ting desperately from care-1 cosen7a, at the top or the italian Raus when or Lik w prepared positions on the toe. Cosenza is too Miles from Sal a use Hen i heard of the Amus ground surrounding the Allied Erno. A tr1 i 99 in 9% f no a a a or a a it i a a i a a. _ 24-mile Bridgehead in the Salerno lice i wanted to make sure that the British would get it   act ii tile a jct i i a Strong russian attack since the 10,1 9 strange Story fall of Orel aug. 5, but difficult luvs by vhf up terrain offered a natural Barrier to the advancing red armies Naaf holds Edge in air of quote. I in taking Bari. Vital co Minuni sector. German troops have regain callous Center and chief comm Rev Nhmon previously Takt Cal la re of Southern Italy. British ? a a Mere can s ,8cf?, i mommies encountered some Small my to it Este Ida it s official Allied scale enemy rearguard action. But communique while the allies were bitterly at italian troops firing their own guns fought Side by Side with Al the sex Dice in a Mountain Strong re a a a a a v v4 a i pc til Oil u1 1 the German withdrawal from hold in Southern Italy while Neu a Rya ask appeared to be anything trial quarters assert he was taken _ t the  f sure has steadily increased in the j off Sardinia. Ism few Days. While soviet heavy official Allied comment was Alai Iller hammered the City from together lacking a typical Uno tiie East Strong ground forces out tidal View came from England flanked the City on the North in Manchester guardian which cd of Quot Lloland in lied soldiers in the mopping up Job Quot the Naples Ana British 8th army there is Stu a in maj a Ket of were. Up Ink up jut resistance about 20 Miles South of from the South. Yesterday they Bari but everything else below the captured Bari 65 Miles North of Bari Taranto Hup Gnu in Aii Ivi Brindisi on the Adriatic coast and hands German troops evacuating 44kii ifr�?4  unsure it a a it pm Mig ww4�? the to slave sector. The main so Viet drive however was a slow Advance from Konotop in the South which finally captured Hie railway junctions yesterday. As a railway Junction Bryansk weeks ago had ceased to be of any use to the germans since most of the main lines have been severed by the russians but control of the City will immediately help the red army s communication system Between the Southern front and the Northern fringe of the Central front around Smolensk. In addition. Supplies May now flow freely pressed doubt that the germans Quot if it is True that the real Mussolini is in their hands a could make much use of the former dictator. Such news As there was of conditions in Italy yesterday came mainly from radio Rome now apparently German controlled and from a station in Germany operated by the so called Quot new National fascist  these sources hinted at italian unrest by appealing frequently for order and discipline. Both Neutral and Axis Rumor factories concentrated on Condi mediums Batter la Naii _ Traag _ a germans use new soldiers Allied Force Headquarters. Sept. 14 a fighters and fighter bombers of the Northwest african air Force maintained Sun it priority Over the enemy above the Salerno battlefields yesterday while heavy Anu medium bombers continued their uncontested battering of enemy communications lines into the area. Lightnings. Spitfires and a-36 invaders flew approximately 800 sorties throughout the Day broke up several attempts to attack Allied shipping in Salerno Bay and shot Down ten enemy planes of the 120 encountered. Railroad and Highway communications near the historic City of Pom it ii. At the foot of it. Vesuvio cocky youngsters facing americans by a sgt. Dave Golding 1stars and stripes staff writer ahead of onrushing British troops Are supposedly heading for the Salerno sector in the Hope of joining forces with elements of the 15th and 16th Panzer and Hermann Goering divisions and tightening the ring around the Allied Bridgehead. Built. Gen. Mark Clarks 5th army now holding a Strong line on the rising ground was said to be in a ski Sitison to break through and Cut off the upcoming nazi troops. A i he germans have been throwing in everything against the allies around Naples a successive Over the trunk line from Moscow _ a to the russian armies pointing at j Balkans where the germans say. A. 7 r italian a mint inn Tran no tons in the apparently turbulent ,1s were tile target of medium bombers. Neither the mediums hoi with the american 5th Waves of their Best tanks Mark army in Italy sept. 13 de via a tigers a heavy mortal fire played a the wehrmacht has from their a a screaming Mee Mies a thrown a in a kind of German sol constant artillery fire and inter Dier into Battle in this sector of mittens ground strafing from their the italian Mainland a younger i fighter planes which have nearby More fanatical and cocky enough bases. But Allied troops now firm i Bitt i la Yvo a t Kiev in the area Southwest of Bachmach and to the forces fighting Westward from conquered stall no toward  and the Crimea. In the South in the fighting before Kiev. Soviet troops were facing fierce German counterattacks in the Neshin sector where the russians were less than ten Miles from the latter rail Junction. Nez Hin is about 70 Miles Northeast of Kiev itself and is heavily fortified Strong German resistance also has been encountered by the red armies driving on the Dnieper Bend from the donets Basin and Balino. Cossack cavalry and motorized infantry were reported to be fighting their Way through minefields sowed by the retreating nazis. Italian occupation troops have tile b-17s, which bombed Bei n easily disarmed. Neutral ways and Bridges at Sala consilion sources on the other hand say that in Yugoslavia the German have clashed repeatedly with italian troops and yugoslav patriots who have Long been a prime source and Torre Del Greco encountered any enemy aircraft. Photo reconnaissance of the Castelnuovo Road Junction 30 Miles East of Salerno target of Day and to believe that the americans can , Nave to amp uru a an lists i be pinned Down in their present j the germen punch and arc punch Silina positions. I hat s the impression i pig Back. Gathered up at the front lines from a few German prisoners. Of trouble for the Axis. The Coop night medium bombers showed the ration of italians and yugoslavs Junction completely obliterated by if True would constitute one of the most dramatic happenings on More than 60 direct hits. A Tohal of 13 enemy aircraft Cis decide postwar Era soldiers will have to Back measures of collective Security if they want the coming peace to be lasting Norman h. Davis chairman of the american red Cross said at a press conference Here yesterday. Quot you can lose the War a he warned. A a after you have disarmed the  a . Alliance is not necessary if the four major countries America England. Russia and China who Are fighting together to establish world peace will stand together to preserve that same peace the International statesman declared in summing up the Post War diplomatic situation. The 65 year old former . Ambassador at Large is completing an inspection tour of arc operations in North african theater. The greatest need of the red Cross Here is transportation he said. Or. Davis also disclosed that Field men and Clu Mobile units have landed in Italy part of the 700 arc workers in this theater. The Veteran Diplomat will return to Washington after further inspections and conferences Here. The european front since Italy a were shot Down yesterday and by entrenched have absorbed All some of the fiercest fighting surrender. Three of ours Are missing. Salamata fall ends weeks of Savage Jungle fighting Allied South Pacific Headquarters sept. 14 a Salamata has fallen. Along a Retreat path strewn with abandoned equipment and japanese dead victorious australian and american troops Are writing a bloody conclusion to the bitter Campaign for the Jap new Guinea base which began 12 weeks ago. Less than 24 hours after the Salamata Airfield was swept by aussie troops still wringing wet from swimming the flood swollen san Francisco River general Douglas Macarthur communique announced the capture of the vial Convoy Assembly port itself. The beaten enemy racing toward Lac 20 Miles to the North was Only jumping into another hot spot. Lae is hemmed in on two sides by Allied forces and is slowly bowing to increased pressure. The capture of Salamata. Held by the japanese for More than 18 months gives the allies a base Only 150 Miles from Rabaul the main Jap stronghold on new Britain Island. The ultimate Allied objective appeared however to be the powerful enemy bastion Al Truk some 800 Miles due North of Rabaul. Elsewhere in the South Pacific Allied bombers swept 2,000 Miles on a round trip blasting of docks airfields and shipping in the dutch East indies. Torpedo boats and aircraft operating in the Solomon islands area were praised by Admiral William Halsey commander of u. S. Naval Fortes in the South Pacific who a d a the Ait and surface War against japanese barges is warming the seat of the enemy s pants. Burn Mem  italian cruisers steam into Malta More italian ships have been steaming into Malta to give themselves up in strict adherence to the Allied italian armistice it was announced today. The latest arrivals Are two Light cruisers plus five submarines bringing the sub total up to 19 together with 27 italian destroyers 12 torpedo boats six corvettes one auxiliary Cruiser and a Hospital ship. A Large number of merchant ships Are also said to be on their Way to different Allied ports. A v. Vav jul we Ditill. V coupled with their fanaticism is yesterday toe k place around the their belief that defeat will mean Bat Paglia Road Junction 12 Miles their Complete liquidation How below Salerno and five Miles unwell Herr Goebbels propaganda is land which has already been working can be seen in the stub taken and retaken by both sides born hard fighting the germans Here the germans have made Are putting up. Only among Ger a heavy use of Armor but it has been Man prisoners who have seen a i thrown Back by Well placed Allied tion on Hie russian front or those artillery. The nazi inability to put who have been wounded is there on a concentrated tank attack on any sign that All this fighting will the beachhead in the initial bring the German people to the stages of the Landing before we Road of inevitable defeat. Got our big guns ashore was said As in previous campaigns Jerry by frontline correspondents to is perched on Steep Hills at the have considerably handicapped la Edge of Low coastal Plains looking i tor German actions Down american throats. Whether i. He will crack when the going gets i no a Ste it to scream of Allied tougher is another question but supp Les and reinforcements Are right now he is As cunning and i Christ any pouring in at several resourceful As Ever. In the mean i Points according to frontline Cor time italian troops Are trudging respondent h r Knickerbocker Clown the roads carrying packs we have ten War planes to every they have been demobilized and sternum plane in the air we Are Are going Home thinking that the throwing ten or More projectiles to War is Over for them. It continued on Pope 2 red Cross tour borrow one the acute paper shortage in North Africa has made it necessary for the stars and stripes to reduce its daily editions to two pages and Cut Down the total number of papers printed. Stars and stripes readers can help relieve the Scarcity by borrowing a paper instead of buying one whenever possible. Norman ii. Davis chairman of the american red Cross and it. A a Gorge  or. Commanding the . 7th army Are snapped on a sicilian Street during or. Davis1 tour of the a a a photo Hal nil in a t Lei my