THE ENEMY WORRIED

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 31, 5 August 1943, Page 5

THE ENEMY WORRIED

DRIVING OF ALLIED WEDGE Rec. 11.15 a.m. RU£ BX' August + 4. A correspondent with the Eighth Army in Sicily describes heavy fighting throughout Monday and in the ' early hours of Tuesday on the army's left flank, where General Montgomery fc putting in the pressure in driving a wedge in the defence line. "The fighting was particularly fierce during the day in the hills overlooking Regalbuto, where British infantry ■were in a series of engagements and inflicted heavy casualties," he says. "Throughout the day the hills resounded with the rattle of machine-gun fire and the boom of bursting mortar bombs. To the. south-east other British units were steadily enlarging the bridgehead. The enemy, used . small, groups of fighter-bombers m the Ca- ■ tanias sector,' but such hit-and-run efforts gained small results, yet they made it apparent that the enemy is concerned over our push here. The Americans in "the north continue to advance along the coastal road east of San Stefano,' meeting with only spasmodic opposition. United States troops advancing from Nicosia are experiencing stiff resistance as they near the enemy perimeter line. . ' "French Moroccan troops, who have been doing good work in the hills between the American columns, yesterday captured the small town of Capizzi, hidden in the hills north-east of Nicosia. It is unusual for these troops to occupy a town, as normally they ' act chiefly as guerrillas, raiding the -..enemy lines and strong-points. British troops operating in the hills and mountains are now using mules to carry supplies, since it is impossible to use any kind of vehicle on the mountain tracks."—B.O.W. , •