The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-10
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,:,l, between northern Italy
via ra nm, - on Tuesday, "a
and G sefore the delayed announce
hours " ltaly's surrender. 1t was
men! W ,,edjately CT e a 7 whether
n I|s,e italians were pfo-Ai1eo III
pIv ,;ons in Madrid reported ad-
u's.A Allied landings had been
dltloll'l ~ the island of Sardinia,
maze u that Italian troops in Cor
ana s1 between Sardinia and t h e
s SRA, mainland, were expecting
lre" Prem nIanes to make at least
Al ,.on landings" at Corsican air
s ss5ds which are in italian posses
''o1 +.orp was no Allied confirma-
Inf If reports that Allied troops
ion ,2a h had landed at Civitavecchla
aSo ~ Rome and at Leghorn on
+bp Gulf OF Gehod''
Wv German reaction was resolute'
= was said here that the op-
0u. ;4 ~ was no greater than had
pvs sn anticipated. Some OF t h e
a ass4 Allied units ashore collided
n l1'+s German defenders, but IN an
W"i Hobt established a foothold
an tbe area of the big Italian port.
IL T VIZ, crucial period is likely to
ao when the first strong enemy
s soo'ntarattack is hurled at the Al
W. as was the case in Sicily.
T Ts+' Germans are believed to have
! lrC armored and artillery fore
in the area in anticipation of
a. ,1r; or leap frogging' tactics
along the Italian coast.
' In southern Italy, Gen. Sir. Ber-
,.rd l. Montgomery's Eighth
a .rnov which includes Canadian
aan+inoents executed another sue
eossfl1l coastal leap early Wednes-
5av at vibo Valentia on the Gulf
II Fufemia. 30 miles north of Pal
Nj General Montgomery put his
,roops on boats and sent them up
Tho coast after finding that demo-
r.ions we're checking his direct
land thrust5.
The Eighth Army already holds
.O,mile section of the Italian
tie after gaining possession of the
r2ns.peninsular road between Gil
ria and Locri, and is being stead
ilv reinforced with troops dispatch
ed from Sicily. More German
prisoners have been seized inthe
fighting on that front, the com
munique said.
A smashing thrust toward Ma
pies only 10 hours after announce
ment of Italy's surrender threat
ened seizure of the huge port,
which adjoins an immense north
south rail network in Italy. A Ger
man collapse in the area would
trap stable enemy forces trying
to stem General Montgomery in
the south.
Seizure Of bomb-shattered Ma
pies also would give the Allies a
greater bridgehead for the land
ing of reinforcements in the drive
toward central and southern Italy,
where the Germans apparently
have taken over control Of large
segments of the country.
There still was no definite ind
cation whether the Italian army
is engaged in the conflict except
for possible clashes with the Ger
mans although Berlin broad
casts heard here asserted that
new Fascst government had been
set up in Italy,
Marshal Badoglio's regime ap
parendy still was If the saddle
at Rome. however The Rome ra-
dio Was heard broadcasting again
this morning the text of Badoglio s
announcement of unconditional
surrender TO the Allies. and his
order to Italian troops to resist
should they be attacked from any
other understanding Germany.
(The Italian Stefani news agen-
cy IN a broadcast recorded by
y. 5. government monitors said
the Germans had blown up the
exits from the port and industrial
regions OF Naples and Genoa. The
agency also quoted 'rumors" that
three German armored divisions
were moving toward Cnpo, .pd