CANADIANS SWEEPING FORWARD

Evening Star, Issue 24917, 15 July 1943, Page 5

CANADIANS SWEEPING FORWARD

TOWN AFTER TOWN OCCUPIED LONDON, July 14. The Canadian Press representative, Mr Ross Munro, in a cable message from lspica, Sicily, on Monday, says: "Sweeping the Italians' before them, and with a bag of over 1,000 prisoners, including a divisional general and his staff, the Canadians penetrated some miles inland from the Pachino Peninsula beachhead, and are still speeding on. " Town after town is surrendering. The lack of determined resistance is surprising, even to our divisional staff. On Monday morning Modica, 10 miles north-west of lspica, surrendered to General Dhavel, of the Canadian Infantry, and the staff of the 206th Coastal Division wer taken prisoners. Hundreds of additional prisoners are pouring in With the capture of lspica, Pozzallo, and Rosolini, the Canadians have captured the principal towns in South-eastern Sicity. The infantry are advancing at an incredible speed, and it is practically impossible to keep in touch iWith their movements. Our casualties are at a minimum." The American Seventh Army repulsed the crack German Hermann Goering Division, supported by large Italian forces, in the vicinity of Gela on Sunday. The Germans lost 10 Mark IV. tanks, which are a relatively old type.