WARNING FROM ALLIES

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24269, 29 May 1944, Page 3

WARNING FROM ALLIES

UNDERGROUND ARMY IN EUROPE (8.0. W.) RUGBY. May 27. JiiUrope s underground army was warned to-day in the fourth operational ® r ., er , f £, om the Supreme Commander. Allied Expeditionary Force (General Eisenhower), to keep off the roads when the liberating forces land and go into battle. Do not let the Germans entice you on the roads,” said the broadcast. "It is there the greatest danger lies. When me enemy uniformed forces arrive the hghtmg may pass through your district. This will be the time when you will be able to give them the most tiouble and obstruct their progress In our common interest at that time • n l ° t on an y account leave the neighbourhood of your village or town. The safest place against bombardment is anywhere below ground level. Arrange to have a store of good water always ready. Hide your tools so the Germans cannbt take them and also remember that as soon as the fighting has passed the Allied armies will have need of you. our difficulties are fully recognised but every help you can give will quicken the progress of the war. Do not jump to wrong conclusions. You must not think there will come a particular moment or day when everyone 'ovfr 3Ct and 3fter that will ba all thr^L icular orders win be g>ven you through your own leaders who know wm P t a a k/? u ii have t0 play - These orders will take full account of your circumstances and difficulties. Meanwhile patineeded nowT’ and discipline are allied shipping in mediterranean HUGE INCREASE IN traffic LONDON, May 27. in of this year 11,500,000 tons of Allied shipping was convoyed across the Mediterranean. This was revealed by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham in his first press conference since the opening of the Italian camp * l ?Vv ? e added that the percentage of Allied losses in the Mediterranean in three months was .28 per cent. Sir Andre w Cunningham said that 2000 merchantmen each month made voyages between Mediterranean ports. The daily average was 230. He emphasised that vast amounts of raw materials now passed through the Mediterranean on the way to Britain. “I have lost the habit of differentiating between the Royal Navy c.nd the United -States Navy,” said Sir Andrew Cunningham. "It does not even enter my mind. Both navies are one and indivisible. I hope they will always remain so.”