Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Vol. I no. 42, saturday september 25, 1943 Fric 4 for . Armed forces two francs Lark starts offensive Smolensk Kiev # totter before russian drives heavy artillery lobs tons of destruction into strongholds the Road Back was the Only Road open this week to the hundreds of thousands of German soldiers who were defending Smolensk and Kiev. The pressure of 5.000,000 soviet troops was forcing the nazis constantly Westward along the 1,000-mile front from the Baltic to the caucasus but the red army directed its hardest blows at the two chief German bases in russian Smolensk on the Central front and Kiev in the South. Soviet heavy artillery was already lobbing tons of destruction at the cities from within to Miles of Smolensk and to Miles of Kiev and the massed infantry and Armor of probably 300 divisions had already launched the supreme attack to recover War torn Smolensk and Kiev held by the germans since 1941. Smolensk was threatened by the same encirclement tactics which have proved irresistible throughout the summer offensive. One Force coming up from Ros lava has outflanked Smolensk on the South while another Strong column has gone far beyond the bastion to the North. With a third army making a direct assault on the City the two encircling armies obviously Hope to meet West of i Smolensk Cut off All escape routes continued on Page 8t commanders in Italy Kwh direct the first anted landings on the european Mainland. Left to or lit in chief and it f ir0utl, no a army men Dwiht d Eisenhower Allied commander in tinier Ana vice Admiral Henry k. Hewitt commander of the american naval for arc in  Terrane. They were photographed together Quot some he in a Al Krulce 5th advances under terrific artillery fire resistance is bitter As Allied troops push northward senators May lose garage to i Beds from the stars and stripes . Bureaus allies turn tide in second week and Start drive by a staff correspondent with the 5 the army in Italy sept. 22 delayed a it can be stated today that the next jeep ride in Italy a Veteran is reborn Iraq Utor Tow no t  ten i waxy Umi uie next a us Rotov so apr Morfi an operational phase of the Gallant Oahu Izaj my tit rep. John toll a 5tln army was will in her a a do vis rialarmhcl0ckh the Ste for 3 am got up. Dressed and ended went Over to the Union station Here to look around. What he saw fluidity and Speed in which was amazing he told the House notary situations can change was from the floor. He saw a a soldiers lever Fetter demonstrated than and sailors sprawled everywhere a Here on the coastal Plains draped Over window ledges slump 2 saleri10 during the past week. De Over tables in the servicemen set a  serious Situ lounge sleeping in Telephone Atlon which saw the enemy win Booths and stretched out on the numer Cal superiority and Excel  j Lent defensive positions the 5th on the Way Home he passed the to Lull an Wren Bah ii in fast a Senate garage where members of 0 the Germa initiative the upper House Park cars during a. Geri Quot ans the Winter session. Putting two in tuning the tide the fighting and two together he introduced a i american and British Soldier Resolution to convert the Block covered themselves with glory Long garage steam heated and As they merely picked themselves across from the station into a Sandy beaches of Salerno 1,000-bed dormitory so that serv an it drove the germans Back iceman visiting Washington won t 11110 the Hills and Retreat. A a take with them into Battle the1 when the 5th army Early this memory of How they were treated week captured the much bombed in their nations  i continued on Page 2 with the 5th army in Italy sept. 21 delayed a the coastal Road from Battipaglia to Salerno to Maiori has been in Allied hands for More than a week but at some Points the germans still Are interdicting it with 88s. Jeeps with newly arrived passengers dash through the spasmodic fire like scared ducks but the yanks and mommies who have undergone ten Days of shelling mor Taring and bombing lumber through the danger zones with a jeep and a heavy puff on a cigarette. The contrast Between the initiated and the uninitiated is undeniably interesting to the bystander especially from a deep foxhole. The Guy who has just come ashore usually Isnit a Rookie he just has been out of Battle for a month or so and to some extent by s-8gt. Jack Foisie stars and stripes staff writer has to make the same mental readjustment As the untried campaigner. Need tune up a a it takes me a Lew hours or Days to tune up my Battle nerves a explained a Brown faced jeep Driver just off a Landing Craft. And he ducked very slightly As a 105 howitzer our own opened up from the Grove ahead. A minute later he fell Flat on his belly As an answering 88 kicked up an angry continued on Page 2 31 of lost company stagger out of hell by a sgt. Dave Golding stars and stripes staff writer with the 5 the army in Italy sept. 19 delayed a there were Only 31 left from a of a company today. They came Back after spending six Days behind the German lines. The men were Given up for lost. When German tanks broke through Edward b. Gutkowski were smok their defensive position in the Sele j in8 when i met them. River sector and surrounded them.1 at first the two did no to say much. Somehow they survived. This then morning patrols found the men1 Quot we were in there for six Days a coming out of the Woods. They the sergeant said. A a we were assign were Haggard spent and Hall-1 continued on Page 2j starved. Some of them looked dazed. The men were resting on the Road before starting Back. The patrols had Given them food their first in almost a week. Two of the men. Sgt. Vaughan Taylor and Cpl. Turn Back the clock one hour on sunday Algeria Tunisia Sicily and All areas controlled by the Allied 15th army group will turn their timepieces bark one hour at 0200 hours sunday sept. 26, reducing the difference Between local time and Eastern Standard War time in the states from six to five hours. Algiers and London time will be the same after sunday s change. London went off double British summer time aug. 15 and is now Only one hour ahead of Greenwich mean time. It is reported that German controlled Europe will turn its clocks Back one hour on nov. I. If this change is made German held areas will be on the same time schedule As Algeria and Sicily. The areas of the italian Mainland under Allied control will probably not be affected by sundays change it is reported. Marshall predicts two front attacks Washington sept. 24 a the allies Are ready to open great offensives in Italy and the China Burma theater general George c. Marshall chief of staff said in a radio address at the Quot Back the attack War Bond exposition Here. He declared that although Victory was in sight a a we face grim months of fighting on fronts All Over the  Allied Force head quarters sept. 24 a smashing All along the front line of the Salerno Bridgehead it. Gen. Mark w. Clarks 5th army yesterday began a determined general offensive. Resistance was bitter and stubborn in the North but americans and British lacked by Strong support rom heavy artillery mortar and machine gun fire nevertheless made definite Progress. In the Southeastern sector of the Salerno Bridgehead the Allied Advance was More to rapid and resistance less determined it was a Good week for the 5th army. American and British troops Hammerer deeper into the big bulge Southeast of Salerno at the same time that 8th army units took Complete control of the entire italian Heel toe and instep. With general Clark s troops hitting hard at their rearguard the germans were forced to quicken their eastward swing using Salerno As a Pivot. Toughest fighting of All had been in the High Hills North and Northwest of Salerno where the germans held fast in excellent defensive positions. But proof that Field marshal Albert Kesselring. German commander in Central Italy does not expect to stay there Long could be seen in Naples Only 20 Miles away where the nazis were blasting Harbor installations and scuttling ships. As yet there have been no a Ual Large scale troop evacuations from the area. Kesselring seems to be making a stand before Naples to prevent the danger of the British and americans cutting off his nazi units retreating from the South. The clash of the 5th army British troops with the nazis Northeast of Salerno was a Ding Dong affair with the germans having the advantage of terrain. The British in their Advance had a terrific Supply problem. Mountain passes were so narrow and twisting that All food and ammunition could be brought in Only on the backs of mules and men. All along the beaches however More and More fresh troops and continued on Page 8 crowing Haaf hits nazi escape paths Allied Force Headquarters sept. 24 a the Northwest african air forces this week made their growing Power Felt Over two Battle torn Mediterranean areas Corsica and the Naples Salemo sector. In both areas the Naaf showed its versatility As Well As its strength. The action Over Corsica opened when b-24 liberators recently placed under Naaf direction from Britain made their Mediterranean debut with raids on the Harbor at Bastia which the germans Are said to have been using As their corsican evacuation port and leghorn 75 Miles away on the italian Mainland. Ships were sunk and damaged in both harbours. Medium bombers followed up with attacks on enemy convoys sailing North from Corsica. Two ships were left burning and listing and direct hits were scored on an escort vessel and a Barge. Yesterday the third Day of the attacks on German evacuation routes Long Range Beau fighters shot Down seven transports carrying German troops to the italian continued on Page 8