ROUTES TO ITALY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 40, 16 August 1944, Page 6

ROUTES TO ITALY

THREAT FROM LANDING •' Eec. 1 p.m. LONDON', August 15. •.- * It the Berlin radio reports that the '' -Allies landed between Nice and .-' Cannes are correct, it means that the Germans will lose the principal road and rail supply route to the Italian •battlcfront, says the Associated Press. The main Faris-Ventimiglia railway runs parallel with the coast along the French Riviei'a. Moreover, National Highway No. 10 from Marseilles to the

Italian frontier runs in the same direction.

French circles in London consider that the Maquis will be able to give more direct*aid to the Allies in southern France than they could in ; Normandy. From their mountain ■ strongholds they, should be able to harass the German troops who,- in southern France, consist mainly of infantry, with ■equipment inferior to that of the Germans in Normandy. ' An American broadcaster in southern France said that the village and country people welcomed,the invaders sincerely, .but not with a tremendous outburst of enthusiasm. The sudden barrage from the sea frightened and surprised them. They had 'a few friends killed and they had suffered a long time. ' : ■ ■ •■