ITALIANS WITHDRAWN
NAZIS FEARED SURRENDERS
LONDON, August 8,
There have been no Italian units on the Sicilian front since Friday. The enemy front is described as disjointed and the Axis position as deteriorating.
Reuters Algiers correspondent says that the Germans retreating towards Messina are fighting fiercely without the Italians, who were withdrawn from the front because the Germans feared that mass surrenders would disorganise the defence. Experienced
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 34, 9 August 1943, Page 5
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