The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-11

\ German army attack
dared warfare with Marsha
os.,-e effort to salvage something
s.,~ me disaster of Italy's uncon-
NV, .....ral surrender. Berlin said
~ss commander of Rome had
c.r.,la-ed under an attack
i.~,,,ed by Nazi Field Marshal
g~,s- Won Kesserling.)
-sr-,o lies on the inside of the
/ fnHs. heel on the gulf of laramie.
~i4s from the tip of the Italian
~, and 30 miles southeast OF
Pine The speed with which the
heavily fortified base capitulated
j-'.cated scant. if any. opposition.
Ta~3ings started last night under
pr,-ec.ive British warships.
Further extension of the Allied
of'e9sive against German forces
in Italy has taken place at Taran-
10 where British forces started
L ding yesterday evening" a
social announcement said.
II was the third successful Al
I'D landing on the mainland of
Europe and roughly $50 airline
niles northeast of the Calabrian
area where the British Eighth
Army was swiftly subduing the
Italian toe. In addition to being a
major naval base and port through
which heavy Allied reinforcements
can funnel. laramie is a key COM
center with primary
radiating north, east and
west.
It was a long leap-frog move TO-
ward the Adriatic sea, which
bathes the Italian east coast and
separates the peninsula from the
turbulent Balkans.
Artillery shelled the suburbs of
Rome which was bombed during
IT, night Advices at APO D. m.
1 G0:20 a. n. Eastern War Time)
So that Marshal Badoglio's re-
g.me still was in power in the
capital and that the only opposi-
ton to German occupation was
from the Italian army, On the
pass Of information at Allied
No American or
B B troops have reached the
Rome area.
=, Italians were declared to be
hghtlng the Germans in MANY
G o.. parts of Italy, especially in
me north, where the Germans
nave a virtually taken control. The
i; ;s"@,n2 Italian port of Genoa was
III German hands. a United Na-
.oAS radio broadcast from Aleiers
made known.
Nine. Inc fiercest fighting was in the
sa rp+vs area although Gen. Mont
s s.- S British Eighth Army had
Wv, r", control Of much of the Calab-
: sJ pehlhsula-the Italian toe. He
WV c up the west coast be.
t tor r!zzo which formed a juno
, rsil with an amphibious force
v.len eSlaoAshed itself at Who
,r s1'nY.a' His troops captured
di~ ,.os'erace Marina in a parallel
6,ss4 Up the east coast in the
ny .,''oh Of laramie. About 60
Ar; H.. OF the Italian toe was in
,.l lie Naples area was under vio-
Nv a., nlheflcan and British attack
to, "4 a.. sea and air. A tremen-
b. .. AIIled armada poured troops
o. WE NC thousands and mountains
l,,aa 'eflal onto the firmly-estab-
,c.,,sr 'edchheads. Some landings
Of +sl were made on the shores
0ftat. Vi Naples.
.eco rsll'fe' % miles west of the
I lier' largest Italian port, the
rils s seized Ventotene island, 70
r5a r. south of beleaguered Rome.
seS len a,al3an garrison promptly sur
ssn5 Fsso to the sea forces COM
< S' 4se by Vice Admiral Henry
H. '+TT .l' U. S. N, who commands
T5 meets off Naples.
deveIorvoin contest for the Naples area
Lien l-'P o into grim race between
A,m,. zen. Mark W. Clark's Fifth
he '' am and its British units and
.sop4 sr man reported moving
peni15s,,,I5 endorsements down the
S,nco s 10 oppose the landing.
ticatia. naples controls commu-
tqre ~,,,, N southern Italy, it's cap
The so "uuld virtually seal off all
ed 't IL local 5 point of battle appear
lnileS De just outside salerno, 20
Of s., sou'h of Naples on the Gulf
sritfsal et m There the American
0'ce Was reported in vio-