CLEARED OF GERMANS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 73, 23 September 1943, Page 7

CLEARED OF GERMANS

ENTIRE SALERNO VALLEY

Rec. 11.15 a.m. RUGBY, Sept..22. A correspondent with the Fiith Army reports that the entire Salerno Valley has been cleared of the Germans and that the Fifth Army in this sector is pursuing the enemy into the hills many miles back from the landing beaches. " "In the northern Salerno section, -he says, "British elements are sticking doggedly to the slowly retreating Germans, who are taking- full advantage of the mountainous terrain to delay the advance along the road to Naples. With the acquisition of airfields, the Allied air strength has grown tremendously. The Luftwaffe will need to be in full strength if it intends to cope with Air Chief Marshal Tedder's forces. ' , "Under permanent air cover, troops and supplies continue to pour into the original beachhead, which now looks' more like a great new port in the stage of construction than the bathing resort it was two weeks ago. American engineers have done wonders building devices to ensure rapid unloading of men, supplies, and equipment, and the original beach-masters who stood courageously at the water s edge with shells landing all round in the first days have promoted themselves to harbour-masters, a title they well deserve." —8.0. W. :