LATEST WAR NEWS
The following is a summary of the latest war news: — FALL OF MESSINA With the fall of Messina all enemy resistance in Sicily lias eoine to an end. United States and Allied artillery is bombarding the British forces have now made contact, and Allied artillery is bombarding the Italian mainland. The fall of Messina was preceded by a. terrific bombardment. Our forces met practically no resistance inside the city. Allied artillery is engaging enemy coastal batteries on the Italian side of the Straits of Messina. Enemy evacuation of Sicily ended at dawn on Tuesday. Allied air attacks on enemy communications continue at high Pressm-e over a wide area of southern Italy. NAVAL SUCCESSES Submarines of the Royal Navy w y e sunk nine more Italian ships 0 Corsica, These vessels included pJJ ' tft lian mine-layer which was “Saged with gunfire and driven , 10le- was then finished off "itn a torpedo. HAIl) ON SOUTHERN FRANCE Ain ? 1^f a Se just received from ‘ Aiv Headquarters in the I'n ' , ’ muu ‘ fln stares that a large atUirked tu Fl r hlS Fortr ® sses has o- Geniuui-occiipied airu,i( k ln oos north-west of MarRAID ON TURIN tot.*** works was the theii. ft* 1 * °ur bombers in f a «*ck 0,1 Turin. The Fiat and tn COvejs au area of 46 acres Kines ? S ° ut motor veliicles, enDi] ftt ’ and aircraft. Our tiou from I?” 6 " aS little °lH)osifuihv, the SA'oahd. The main liamimert tat J^ n in T ll1 ’ I’ll 1 ’ 11 "’as badly tered ° U1 ‘ bombers enconntheir Geman fighters on 'be wni \ out to Italy and also on " a l back. T| RUS SIAN FRONT I'i’oved f| SS *. ans have further imbriaiKi. leil ‘ positions on the three mile h ° Ut am * Rave advanced sector Soviet have conti,, i s ,)as Heuiensk area tl,cil -«lvance. c °unter. att , ll , l . ov lna ny German :u Ul the n* . ftave been repelled ably imnvn USS . l£Uls have considerlli;u ty sector? 1 2j eir * Positions 111 Jtsing U)) , S- Ibe Germans are losses are* resci ‘ves and their We i louuti ng- “ st, '°.Ved o ( ‘! J . tlle Russians do ° n ull fronts ks aml 78 aft'ft'alt f*or a |,. ■ _ l, ' J » SIUI c. e °T g i!l eerlll K work, OUris- °- Lt - the Engineers.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 13227, 18 August 1943, Page 3
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