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DailyDaily Newspaper ofof U.S. Armed Forces inin the EuropeanEuropean Theater ofof Operations Vol. 33 No. 268 NewNew York, N.Y.—London, England Monday, Sept.Sept. 13,13, 19431943 5th Army FightsWayWay Inland Vital Adriatic Port Captured by British; Eighth Strikes North Reds Drive To Cut Off .\azi Retreat Four Russian Columns Speed Forward toto Qose Only Escape Gap ^^ MOSCOW, Sept. 12—One of the biggest retreats ininmilitary history, with thethe Germans harried and pinned down at six sectors on an 800-mile front asas they try toto make aaquick and orderly withdrawal, isis developing from thethe drive of thethe Russian army.army. Four Soviet columns strucic west wards yesterday toto close aa vital escape gap for the Germans—the single railway wJiichwJiich they must use for evacuating tlieir troops inin the Kuban bridgehead, the Crimea, and IheIhe south western Donetz. Faced byby this threat toto thethe whole ofoftheir armies inin thethe south, thethe Germans arc reforming to make aa last-ditch stand on the eastern bank of thethe Dnieper, inin thethe Zaporozhe area. Total detcat oEoE thethe GcrnapnGcrnapn army inin thethe fieldfield thisthis winterwinter maymay bebe accomplished once the Russian armies are concentrated in t!iet!ie Zaporozhe area. Tiiree Junctions Imperiled In attempting totomake their last-ditch stand thethe Germans willwill bebe handicapped. Russian troops are nownow onlyonly 2020 milesmiles from thethe three junctions on thethe German hands. WUrteWUrte xhe" whole German front mm thethe south hashas beenbeen ruptured byby thethe break through totoChuplinn, thethe enemy position inin thethe northnorth isis growinggrowing more unsieady. TheseThese areare thethe latest reports on northern sectors of thethe front: Nyezhin sector;sector; TheThe RussianRussian forcesforces areare lessless thanthan 100100 milesmiles from Kiev,Kiev, hiving pushed forward moremore thanthan 100 miles inin thethe lastlast 1414 days.days. Their advanceadvance hashas beenbeen centered onon thethe Kursk-Kiev railway,railway, thethe Germans' lastlast laterallateral lineline linkinglinking theirtheir south andand central armies.armies. Further adad vancesvances towardstowards Priluki,Priluki, toto thethe sotUhsotUh ofof thethe line,line, andand Beresna,Beresna, toto itsits north,.havenorth,.have helpedhelped toto guardguard thethe flanksflanks ofof thisthis mainmain pushpush fromfrom GermanGerman counter-attacks. Briansk sector: Briansk isis now inin dangerdanger fromfrom threethree separateseparate RussianRussian thrusts. DueDue east,east, thethe Russians havehave forcedforced theirtheir wayway onon toto itsits approaches—approaches— afterafter somesome ofof thethe toughesttoughest figlging ofof the whole warwar inin thethe thick forests which formform aa beltbelt betweenbetween OrelOrel and Briansk— and areare already withinwithin striking distance of the town. -Second Threat ininSouth TheThe secondsecond threat comescomes fromfrom thethe south,south, wherewhere RedRed ArmyArmy troops havehave forcedforced thethe DesnaDesna RiverRiver inin severalseveral places,places, andand .are.are now.fighting forfor thethe jpwnjpwn ofof Novgorod-Syervsky. Another threatthreat isis developingdeveloping toto thethe northnorth ofof BrianskBriansk itself,itself, wherewhere RussianRussian forcMforcM areare nownow withinwithin 2020 milesmiles ofof thethe Briansk-SmolenskBriansk-Smolensk railway.railway. ThisThis lineline isis oneone ofof iheihe twotwo stillstill ableable toto supplysupply Briansk.Briansk. ICentiicky Pilot Named P47 Ace Capt. GeraldGerald Johnson,Johnson, 24,24, ofof Owenlon,Owenlon, Ky.,Ky., who left-Kentucky StateState college little moremore thanthan aa yearyear ago,ago, waswas disclosed yesterday asas thethe second P47P47 pilotpilot inin thethe Eighth AirAir Force toto become anan ace—widi fivefive NaziNazi "kills" toto hishis credit. EighthEighth AirAir ForceForce headquarters saidsaid Capt.Capt. Johnson became anan ace Aog. 19 whenwhen hehe downeddowned hishis fifthfifth plane.plane. ConCon firmation ofof thethe victory was delayed pending study ofof the battle photographs takentaken byby Johnson'sJohnson's plane.plane. Three AcesAces inin P47s Capt. Charles P.P. London, ofof Long Beach Cal., was the first F47 ace. Recently Maj. Eugene P. Roberts, ofof sSane. Wash., was announced as another, but yesterday's announcement SosedSosed that Capt. attamment ofof the distinction preceded Maj. Jloberts ^^MarRob^erts and Capt. Johnson are among the three pilots Jn this theater who bold the ETC r^ordr^ord for destroying three enemy planesplanes in'ain'a single day.day. .. ,, .. Capt-Capt- Johnson,Johnson, whowho received hishis basic training atat Randolph Field, holds the AirAir Medal wiih oakoak leafleaf cluster. HisHis Thunder bolt,bolt, thethe "Jackson."Jackson. CountyCounty Fighter,Fighter, waswas purchased with the proceeds ofof War Bond salessales inin Jackson County, Mich.Mich. Forts Wreck aa Nazi Airfield Allies Poui' Reinforcements to All Sectors As Nazis AttemptAttempt toto StemStem Drives; Heavy BattlesBattles NearNear Naples TheThe U.S. FifthFifth Army, locked inin violent battles withwith GermanGerman panzer units, blastedblasted ilsils way inland frot^frot^ Naples andand Salerno yesterday while British troopstroops -which capturedcaptured thethe navalnaval basebase atat Taranto seizedseized Brindisi, onon thethe AdriaticAdriatic Sea, andand moved northward. FartherFarther south, Gen.Gen. Montgomery's EighthEighth ArmyArmy captured Catanzaro, giving thethe Allies possession ofof the toe ofof thethe Calabrian peninsula. ^^InIn allall sectors. Allied reinforcements werewere pouringpouring fromfrom thousands ofof invasion craftcraft butbut thethe Germans were throwing inin everything available inin anan all-out effort toto stopstop thethe Allies, espyecially inin thethe drive forfor Naples. "Very severesevere fighting"fighting" isis goinggoing onon inin thethe hillyhilly countrycountry wh thethe coast nearnear Naples, thethe latest reports ofof the fighting said latelate lastlast night. StrongStrong NaziNazi artillery concentrations have been brought upup .and.and thethe LuftLuft waffe, apparently drawing onon home forces, hashas putput greatly increased airair strengthstrength intointo thethe battlebattle inin anan efforteffort toto holdhold backback thethe surgingsurging Allied drive. InIn northernnorthern ItalyItaly Field Marshal Rommel also hashas strengthened Jiis defenses bybydrawing eh'teeh'te troops and'and' S.S.S.S. units fromfrom thethe Riviera,Riviera, accordingaccording toto from Stockholm, whichwhich saidsaid that German troops are moving into Italy "without interruption." DespiteDespite fiercefierce counter-attacks byby both infantryinfantry andand armoredarmored forces,forces, however.however. Gen.Gen. MarkMark W.W. Clark'sClark's FifthFifth Army tinuedtinued toto makemake slowslow butbut steadysteady p InIn oneone counter-attackcounter-attack 1414 outout ofof 2 JAHHA_.Y^gTg •• destroyed. Allied planes, waswas on'Potenza. vitalvital railrail linklink betweenbetween Taranto and Salerno., In ihc Salerno are.i, the G<'rm.Tn (roo/K were fighting stubbornly fromfrom well- entrenched positions andand obviously willwill bebe hardhard toto dislodge.dislodge. TheirTheir supplies areare being hindered, however, bv planes bomb ing and strafing roads and rail junctions, AlliedUnityUnity Hits Its Zenith in 5tli Army OnslaughtOnslaught Time Under American General in Field WITH THETHE FIFTH ARMY, Sept.Sept. 1212 —Anglo-American cooperation reached thethe ultimateultimate whenwhen combinedcombined BritishBritish andand AmericanAmerican forcesforces underunder commandcommand ofof Lt.Lt. Gen.Gen. MarkMark W.W. ClarkClark stormedstormed theirtheir way successfully ontoonto thethe Italian mainland inin thethe Naples area, ForFor thethe firstfirst timetime inin thisthis war,war, aa hugehuge British force isis fighting underunder anan Ameri cancan general inin thethe field. Clark's orderorder ofof battlebattle isis soso criss-crossedcriss-crossed with British andand American unitsunits thatthat national identity isis almost impo^ible HisHis headquarters staff contains 2626 British officers andand 6060 otherother BritishBritish ranks.ranks. ^^__ HisHis deputy chief ofof staff isis aa British brigadier formerly with the Eighth Army. AllAll BritishBritish officersofficers inin thisthis operation wearwear aadistinctive sleeve patchpatch ofof thethe UnitedUnited States Fifth Army. AllAll ThroughThrough thethe RanksRanks The cooperation goes all thethe way down thethe line, American Rangers andand BrUish Commandos areare underunder thethe command otot anan American whose deputy commander isisBritish. .. .. ,i,i ii TheThe same spirit extended toto thethe nayal part in the operation. United States Vicc Adm. Henry B. Hewitt isis inin charge of-sea activities. ForFor thethe vitalvital tasktask ofof screening thethe northernnorthern stretches ofof thethe Tyrrhenian SeaSea hehe chosechose aa British commodore.commodore. W9rk-W9rk- ing under this commodore isisanan American rear admiral. ;; •• "We"We andand thethe British areare workingworking to-to- cether perfectly inin this operation, Clark said.said. "British officers onon mymy staffstaff have been ofof invaluable help. TheThe forces ofof bothboth nationsnations areare workingworking asas oneone forfor oneone purpose. II think itit is aa wonderful thing. SuchSuch cooperation isis nono surprisesurprise toto anyany oneone whowho knows eithereither MarkMark ClarkClark oror hishis chiefchief ofof staff,staff, Alfred M.M. Gruenther,Gruenther, atat II (Coiiiiniied onon pagepage 2)2) V.^.V.^. ArmyArmy AirAir Force Flwio Eiehth Air Force Flying Fortresses .shower their bombs on GUsy airdrome "".Jl^nce in another of the sweeps that are helping to clear the skies of Luftwaffe opposition mm Western Europe. •• MapMap ofof ItalyItaly onon pagepage 22 55BattleshipsBattleships of Italian Fleet Surrender in Allied Harbors Ships of ihe Italian battle fleet, flying the black flag of surrender side fay side -with their Italian colors, were still pouring into Allied ports yesterday in accordance with the terms ofof Italy's "unconditional surrender." Twenty-two warships—including five battleships—^already have entered the harbor ofof Valetta, Malta, and, according to aa statement issued by Adm. Sir Andrew Cunningham, Supreme Allied Naval Commander in the Medi- —— lerranean,lerranean, theythey areare anchored underunder thethe More Nazi U-Boals Sunk InIn August thanthan AUiedShips MoreMore GermanGerman submarinessubmarines werewere siyiksiyik inin August than Allied merchant ships, aa joint statementstatement ofof thethe U.S.U.S. Office ofof WarWar InIn formationformation andand thethe BritishBritish MinistryMinistry ofof InformationInformation announcedannounced yesterday.yesterday. ShipShip ping losses continued toto decrease asas thethe Germans "made virtually nono attempt toto attack North AtlanticAtlantic shipping."shipping." TheThe announcementannouncement attributedattributed thethe vicvic torytory overover U-boats toto airair patrols andand sucsuc cessfulcessful convoyconvoy methods.methods. ItIt addedadded thatthat therethere appearedappeared toto bebe fewer submarines atat seasea thanthan inin other months,months, perhapsperhaps becausebecause the subs were rearming. guns" ofof thethe island.island. TheThe shipsships which reached thethe safety oror Malta werewere surrendered toto Adm.Adm. CunCun ningham byby anan undisclosed Italian officer, whowho assumedassumed commandcommand afterafter thethe admiral ofof thethe fleetfleet hadhad beenbeen killedkilled whenwhen hishis flagflag ship,ship, thethe 35,000-ton35,000-ton battleshipbattleship Roma,Roma, waswas sunksunk byby German bombs.bombs. AfterAfter thethe surrendering fleetfleet hadhad movedmoved intointo thethe harbor thethe officerofficer wentwent ashoreashore wherewhere hehe waswas metmet byby Adm.Adm. Cunningham withwith thesethese words: "Good afternoon, Admiral. HowHow dodo youyou do.do. SitSit down.down. Seven otherother unitsunits putput inin atat PalmaPalma didi Majorca, inin Spain's Balearic Islands, during their dash toto Gibraltar from Spezia. Two ofof thethe warships leftleft during thethe night and thethe otliers undoubtedly will leaveleave beforebefore thethe expirationexpiration ofof thethe 2424 hourshours (Contiitued(Contiitued onon pagepage 2)2) Fort Fights 3i3i Hours on 13th Raid mattered. One shell had tron the nose outoutofof the bombardier ss compartment. Another had mortally wounded ourour co-pilot. AA thirdthird wentwent throughthrough aa wing lank,lank, andand thethe gasoline waswas spurtspurt inging out inin streams. -.1. i-i..i-i.. ,1 My co-pilot was lying-across the controls, covered with bb ood. He pulled himself back into his scat, and stayed there by hold- ine toto thethe right edge ofof thethechairchair back with his left hand. 11hehe 20mm. shell hadhad gone through hishis right shoulder andand exploded against thethe armorarmor plateplate behind him.him. „„ •• ,, 11 foundfound thatthat somesome ofof thethe pieces hadhad sprayed acrossacross thethe aisle and hithit me inin thethe right arm. After we landed IIfound there were some pieces in my right leg, too. II was lucky when the shell burst.burst. II mustmust havehave been leaning forward aaliUle, andand most ofof the pieces went behind me. They toretore away the metal back of mymy seat. .. .. •• .. uu ii Down inin thethe nosenose thingsthings were bad.bad. TheThe navigatornavigator hadhad one eye hit and was bleeding from that and other .wounds. (Coitliiuied(Coitliiuied otioti pagepage 2)2) By 11 /Ll./Ll. Sumner Reeder, ofof St. Loui.s, Mo. PilotPilot ofof thethe B17B17 Squawkinhawk flfl ItIt was ourour 13th mission over enemy-held territory, and this time itit was Stuttgart, deep in Germany. Our group took off early in the mofning (Sept. 6), and we flew across the channel andand thethe FrenchFrench coastcoast before thethe sunsun waswas well up.up. ItIt was quiet all thethe way toto the target. NoNo fighters, andand hardly mv fiak. We were actually onon our bombing run when disaster hithit us There were some Focke-Wulfs up in the sun directly over the target. They came into us high atat two o'clock, almost headhead on.on. II didn'tdidn't seesee them. uu ^^ TheThe oneone who got us let go with his cannon just asas Harold Pom our engineer (T/Sgt. Harold L. Pope, ofof Emerson. Neb.) cau^t him with tl^e top turret guns at 400 yards. The German Sew UP right in front of us and the fragments of his plane slammed into otir tail and knocked part ofof one stabilizer away -rSt-rSt wasn't so bad; it was what his cannon had done that transport columns, andand any other suitable ground target almost continuously. InIn thethe lastlast threethree daysdays atat leastleast GermanGerman truckstrucks jammedjammed withwith troo beenbeen destroyeddestroyed andand aboutabout theth numbernumber havehave beenbeen damaged.damaged. Th beenbeen considerableconsiderable opposition toto thesethese airair attacks, however, andand pilots report thatthat anti-aircraftanti-aircraft firefire inin thethe NaplesNaples muchmuch heavierheavier thanthan theythey previously hadhad OnOn thethe instepinstep ofof thethe bootboot ofof thet mainlandmainland BritishBritish troopstroops struckstruck thethe captured basebase atat Taranto, tooktook Brindisi, where they found thethe portport inin perfect working order, and now are ad- vacing northnorth inin two columns, oneone armarm otot whichwhich isis aimedaimed atat Bari,Bari, whilewhile th isis apparently swinging northwesterly inin thethe dfrectiondfrection ofof Potenza.Potenza. ThisThis columncol may bebe aimed atat Salerno, which would cutcut offoff GermansGermans battlingbattling fartherfar againstagainst thethe EighthEighth Army.Army. ,, Taranto"Taranto" andand Brindisi,Brindisi, alreadyalready bein worked byby Italians,Italians, give thethe Allies twotwo ports inin which they can supply thethe southernsouthern sector.sector. ToTo taketake Brindisi, thethe (Coiilinued(Coiilinued onon pagepage 2)2) Nazi ShipyardsShipya Raidedbyby B26s Allied air forces swept over thethe Channel toto northern France over thethe weekend toto hithit shippingshipping offoff LeLe Havre,Havre, airfields atat Beaumont LcLcRoger andand BeauvaisBeauvais and shipyardsshipyards atat LeLe Trait.Trait. Spitfires andand TyphoonsTyphoons yesterday damaged aa GermanGerman coastalcoastal vessel, setset firefire toto anan E-boat andand destroyeddestroyed aa NaziNazi fighte inin thethe attack offoff LeLe Havre.Havre. Later,Later, aa PolishP Mosquito squadron shotshot down five GerGer manman aircraft overover thethe BayBay ofof Biscay.Biscay. Marauders Saturday mademade theirtheir firstfirst attack onon thethe French invasioninvasion coast sincesince B26s, Fortresses andand otherother Allied planes hithit itit inin dayday andand nightnight blows Thursday.Thursday. TheirTheir raidraid onon BeaumontBeaumont LcLc RogerRo thethe fourthfourth timetime thethe mediumsmediums hadha thatthat airfield.airfield. MarauderMarauder andand RAF men reported damaging hitshits onon thethe field. StrongStrong GermanGerman fighter opposition waswas encounteredencountered byby thethe MaraudersMarauder Trait.Trait. Crews,Crews, however,however, reportedrepor buildingsbuildings andand aa powerpower house.hous GermanGerman fightersfighters werewere destroyed.destroy thethe Marauders returned. Meanwhile,Meanwhile, TyphoonTyphoon bombersbombe anan airfield near Beauvais. Their Typhoon IIfighterfighterescortescort interceptedintercepted 2020 FW damageddamaged threethree ofof them.them.
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DailyDailyNewspaperofofU.S. Armed Forces ininthe EuropeanEuropeanTheaterofofOperations
Vol. 33 No. 268 NewNewYork, N.Y.—London, England Monday,Sept.Sept. 13,13, 19431943
5thArmyFightsWayWayInlandVital Adriatic PortCapturedby British;EighthStrikesNorth
RedsDrive
To Cut Off
.\aziRetreatFour Russian Columns
SpeedForwardtotoQoseOnly EscapeGap ^^
MOSCOW, Sept. 12—One of thebiggest retreats ininmilitary history,with thetheGermansharriedandpinneddown at six sectorson an 800-milefront asasthey try totomakeaaquick andorderly withdrawal, isis developingfrom thethedrive of thetheRussianarmy.army.
Four Soviet columns strucic westwards yesterday toto close aa vitalescape gap for the Germans—thesingle railway wJiichwJiichthey must use forevacuating tlieir troops inin the Kubanbridgehead,the Crimea, and IheIhesouthwestern Donetz. Facedbybythis threat totothethewhole ofoftheir armies inin thethesouth,thetheGermansarc reforming to make aalast-ditch stand on the easternbank ofthetheDnieper, inin thetheZaporozhearea.
Total detcat oEoE thetheGcrnapnGcrnapnarmy ininthethe fieldfield thisthis winterwinter maymay bebeaccomplishedonce the Russianarmiesare concentratedin t!iet!ieZaporozhearea.
Tiiree Junctions ImperiledIn attempting totomake their last-ditch
stand thetheGermanswillwill bebehandicapped.Russian troops are nownow onlyonly 2020 milesmilesfrom thethethree junctions on thethe
German hands.WUrteWUrtexhe" whole Germanfront mm thethe
south hashasbeenbeenruptured byby thethebreakthrough totoChuplinn, thetheenemypositioninin thethe northnorth isis growinggrowingmore unsieady.TheseThese areare thethelatest reportson northernsectorsof thethefront:
Nyezhinsector;sector;TheThe RussianRussian forcesforces arearelessless thanthan 100100 milesmilesfrom Kiev,Kiev,hivingpushedforward moremore thanthan100 miles ininthethe lastlast1414days.days.Their advanceadvance hashas beenbeencenteredonon thetheKursk-Kiev railway,railway, thetheGermans' lastlast laterallateral lineline linkinglinking theirtheirsouth andandcentral armies.armies.Further adadvancesvances towardstowardsPriluki,Priluki,toto thethesotUhsotUhofofthetheline,line,andand Beresna,Beresna, toto itsits north,.havenorth,.havehelpedhelped toto guardguard thethe flanksflanks ofof thisthismainmainpushpush fromfrom GermanGermancounter-attacks.
Briansk sector: Briansk isisnow inindangerdanger fromfrom threethree separateseparate RussianRussianthrusts. DueDue east,east, thetheRussians havehaveforcedforced theirtheir wayway onon toto itsitsapproaches—approaches—afterafter somesome ofof thethe toughesttoughestfiglging ofofthe whole warwar inin thethethick forests whichformform aabeltbeltbetweenbetween OrelOreland Briansk—and arearealready withinwithinstriking distanceof the town.
-Second Threat ininSouth
TheThe secondsecondthreat comescomes fromfrom thethesouth,south,wherewhere RedRed ArmyArmytroops havehaveforcedforced thethe DesnaDesna RiverRiver inin severalseveral places,places,andand.are.arenow.fighting forfor thethejpwnjpwnofofNovgorod-Syervsky.
Another threatthreat isis developingdeveloping toto thethenorthnorth ofof BrianskBriansk itself,itself, wherewhere RussianRussianforcMforcMareare nownow withinwithin 2020milesmilesofof thetheBriansk-SmolenskBriansk-Smolensk railway.railway. ThisThis lineline isisoneone ofofiheihetwotwo stillstill ableable toto supplysupply Briansk.Briansk.
ICentiickyPilotNamedP47Ace
Capt.GeraldGerald Johnson,Johnson, 24,24, ofofOwenlon,Owenlon,Ky.,Ky.,who left-KentuckyStateStatecollegelittlemoremore thanthan aa yearyear ago,ago, waswasdisclosedyesterdayasas thethesecondP47P47 pilotpilot inin thetheEighth AirAirForcetotobecomeananace—widifivefive NaziNazi"kills" toto hishiscredit.
EighthEighth AirAir ForceForceheadquarterssaidsaidCapt.Capt.Johnsonbecameananace Aog. 19whenwhen hehe downeddowned hishis fifthfifth plane.plane. ConConfirmation ofof thethevictory was delayedpendingstudy ofofthe battle photographstakentaken byby Johnson'sJohnson's plane.plane.
Three AcesAces ininP47sCapt. Charles P.P.London, ofofLong
Beach Cal., was the first F47 ace.Recently Maj. Eugene P. Roberts,ofofsSane. Wash., was announced asanother, but yesterday'sannouncementSosedSosedthat Capt. attammentofofthe distinctionprecededMaj. Jloberts^^MarRob^ertsand Capt. Johnsonareamongthe threepilots Jn this theaterwhobold the ETC r^ordr^ordfor destroyingthreeenemyplanesplanes in'ain'asingle day.day. ..,, ..
Capt-Capt-Johnson,Johnson, whowhoreceivedhishisbasictraining atatRandolphField, holdsthe AirAirMedal wiih oakoak leafleafcluster.HisHisThunderbolt,bolt, thethe "Jackson."Jackson. CountyCounty Fighter,Fighter, waswaspurchasedwith the proceedsofofWar Bondsalessales ininJacksonCounty, Mich.Mich.
Forts Wreck aaNazi Airfield
Allies Poui' Reinforcementsto All SectorsAs Nazis AttemptAttempt toto StemStemDrives;
HeavyBattlesBattlesNearNearNaplesTheTheU.S. FifthFifthArmy, locked ininviolent battleswithwith GermanGermanpanzerunits,
blastedblastedilsilsway inland frot^frot^NaplesandandSalernoyesterdaywhile Britishtroopstroops-which capturedcaptured thethe navalnaval basebase atatTaranto seizedseizedBrindisi, onon thetheAdriaticAdriaticSea,andandmoved northward. FartherFarthersouth, Gen.Gen.Montgomery'sEighthEighth ArmyArmycapturedCatanzaro,giving thetheAllies possessionofofthe toeofofthetheCalabrianpeninsula.^ ÎnIn allallsectors.Allied reinforcementswerewere pouringpouring fromfromthousandsofofinvasion craftcraft butbut thetheGermanswere throwing inineverythingavailable ininananall-out effort toto stopstop thetheAllies, espyeciallyinin thethedrive forforNaples. "Veryseveresevere fighting"fighting" isis goinggoing onon inin thethe hillyhilly countrycountry whichwhich stretchesstretches inlandinland fromfromthethecoastnearnearNaples,thethelatestreportsofofthe fighting said latelate lastlastnight.
StrongStrong NaziNaziartillery concentrationshave beenbroughtupup.and.andthethe LuftLuftwaffe, apparentlydrawing ononhome forces, hashas putputgreatly increasedairairstrengthstrength intointo thethe battlebattle inin anan efforteffort totoholdholdbackback thethe surgingsurgingAllied drive.InIn northernnorthern ItalyItalyField MarshalRommelalso hashasstrengthenedJiis defenses
bybydrawing eh'teeh'tetroops and'and' S.S.S.S.unitsfromfrom thethe Riviera,Riviera, accordingaccording toto reportsreportsfrom Stockholm,whichwhich saidsaidthat Germantroops are moving into Italy "withoutinterruption."
DespiteDespitefiercefiercecounter-attacksbybybothinfantryinfantry andand armoredarmored forces,forces,however.however.Gen.Gen. MarkMark W.W. Clark'sClark's FifthFifth ArmyArmy concontinuedtinued toto makemake slowslow butbut steadysteady progress.progress.InIn oneone counter-attackcounter-attack 1414outout ofof 2828 enemyenemy
JAHHA_.Y^gTg ••destroyed. Allied planes,waswason'Potenza.vitalvital railrail linklinkbetweenbetweenTarantoand Salerno.,
In ihc Salernoare.i, the G
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