ITALIAN SABOTAGE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 272, 17 November 1943, Page 5

ITALIAN SABOTAGE

ATTACKS ON GERMANS Recd. 6 p.m.. London, Nov. 15. In retaliation for attacks against German soldiers, 100 prisoners from a' concentration camp at Turin have either been shot or hanged, reports an Associated Press correspondent on the Italian frontier.

The Zurich correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that following amoushing of their troops and sabotage of telephones, the Germans in Milan have imposed a curfew and threatened to raze whole districts and shoot hundreds of hostages. German patrols after 3 p.m. fire on anybody in the streets, and many people have been killed in the last two nights. Armoured cars patrol the streets and machine-guns are permanently manned at street corners and at factories. In spite of these measures, the sabotage is continuing. The latest act occurred in the Bianchi car factory, where a bomb explosion considerably damaged machinery. The Exchange Telegraph agency’s Zurich correspondent says Mussolini’s Fascist Repu oilcan Government admits that attacks against German soldiers and Italian Fascists have been increasing in spite of all efforts to prevent them. At least 150 Germans and Fascists were killed last week. The Fascist Parly has been forced to organise a security service with 10,000 Italian volunteers who have been incorporated with German storm troop groups.

A report from Stockholm says that in the Milan area 15,000 to 20,000 Italian partisans are holding out against tne Germans, who have failea to encircle them It is expected that the Germans will now employ planes and motorised troops.