Germans Block Italy’s Withdrawal

Northern Advocate, 24 August 1943, Page 2

Germans Block Italy’s Withdrawal

(Rec. 11 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 23. Italian newspapers are now openly I declaring that the German authorities lure blocking Badoglio Governments } efforts to withdraw Italy from the l war, say Allied correspondents on the I Italian frontier. ! Travellers from Italy arriving in iSwitzerland report that city life is | again beginning in Milan, bid it is [a spartan life with families living and [cooking in the open. Families who; 'salvaged beds, tables and chairs from : the wreckage have installed them under trees. Troops are helping in de-, imolition of dangerous walls. Only two tramways of 15 are working. A Temporary railway station is operating, ; outside Milan, and postal services arc [again operating. i The Swiss newspaper “Dieiat’s" cor- [ respondent on the Italian frontiei States that about 400,000 German; ! troops are now in Italy. I 28 Fighters Shct Down ; Medium-bombers, escorted by lighters,; {attacked railway communications at iSalerno yesterday, states an Algiers air ;communique. Many bombs burst on the. [marshalling-yards. Strong enemy fighter, 'opposition was encountered. 23 of which, ’were shot down. Bombers las. night, !again attacked the marshalling-vards at; [Salerno. Fighters patrolled all day yestev-; [day and destroyed an enemy plane.; ’lntruders operated over Southern Italy on: .Saturday night. Five of our planes arc. i missing. . . j The Cairo air communique reports, [r.A.F. Liberators and Halifaxes on Saturday night bombed Crotone marshalling|yards, caused explosions and started fires, {some of which were in the area of a [chemical factory. Poor visibility preivented accurate observation. Beaufighters, on the south coast of Greece, yesterday bombed a sailing-ship, which was left sinking, and cannon-gunned two otner ships. Two of ours are missing from these and other operations. Paris radio reports that raiders at!tacked Naplies last night. | At least 38 enemy machines were sly : blown during yesterday's attacks on Stiller no and Cotrone. The enemy put-up ivery strong fighter forces in an eflort [to defend the rail system and Huts pr.serve the mobility id land levees. . Last month North-west African air forces dropped nearly 13,000 tons ot ’bombs on Sicily and Italy. In the first 'half of August nearly 5000 tons were dropped, says a correspondent at Allied [headquarters.