GAIN TO THE ALLIES
ISLAND OF SARDINIA
LONDON, September 19,
The Italian garrison in island of Sardihia have' attacked the Germans, and the latest news is that the Germans have completed the evacuation of their forces to Corsica. The enemy thus loses many valuable airfields from which he used to at* tack our shipping and airfields. The Allies will also be able to strike at German shipping • between Franc* and. Italy. Rec. noon. LONDON, Sept 19. The Algiers correspondent of the British United Press says that the possession of Sardinia, which is now; in Italian hands, presents the Allies with an unsinkable aircraft-carrier within easy flying distance of the whole Axis-occupied coast from Salerno northwards to the Gulf of Genoa and then westwards across the Riviera to the Spanish border. It also brings the Allies 300 miles nearer France and provides a base for attack against Corsica. \
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 70, 20 September 1943, Page 5
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147GAIN TO THE ALLIES Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 70, 20 September 1943, Page 5
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