“CHANCES GONE”
DEFENCE OF SICILY LONDON PRESS OPINION ALLIES CANNOT BE HELD (10 a.m.) LONDON, July 16. “It begins to appear that neither the Italians nor the Germans are making any serious attempt lo hold the island,” says the Daily Mail, in a leader. “These people, whatever may be said of their courage, ai'e nol efficient in war and never have been. Military observers consider that the scale and suddenness of the Allied attack have disorganised the defence plans and that the defenders’ equipment is inadequate for their task.” The leader adds that Allied headquarters this morning reported “Our forces are not meeting any serious opposition.” This was the sixth day of the invasion. Resistance should have developed in six hours. “The enemy, if he is going to contest our landing,” says the Daily Mail, "should certainly have thrown in a big counter-attack during the first 72 hours. Frankly, we do not believe that the Axis is in a position to mount an attack on the expected scale or anything like it. There may be hard fighting before our men, but the enemy cannot light hard enough to hold us up now. They have lost any chance that they may once have had of saving Sicily."
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21149, 17 July 1943, Page 3
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