The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-10


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/ tured Hammam LII and pressed the
enemy to the edge of the plain of
Soliman, anchor point OF the Cap
Bon defcnscs.
military observers in London be-
lieved that what Is left Of the crack
Hermann Goering division and parts
Of the 10th and 25th panacr groups
were fighting last ditch stand
there
Pounding Unchallengcd
Allied air forces maintained a
steady pounding Of the German
positions and were virtually I'M
challenged because most OF the axis
air bases had been given up or
blasted to pieces. The tactical air
force roared up and down the penin-
sula attacking troops and transport
without respite.
Other planes ranged over the Me-
diterranean and sank or damaged
many axis VESSELS, while naval and
coastal forces drew tight net
around Cap Bon TO make certain
there would be no enemy Dunkirk.
One allied warship sank q barge
full of troops, oil and ammunition
about 80 miles northeast Of Cap Bon
yesterday. Another enemy ship was
torpedoed In Rasidda anchorage on
the east side OF the peninsula.
Allied bombers attacked the air
field on Pantelleria Island between
Tunisia and Sicily.
These raids followed up the heav-
lest Allied raid ever made from A.
rican bases.--the bombing OF the
harbor and industrial center OF Pal
ermo, northern Sicily, by force of
more than 400 American planes
The bomb load dropped on the
shipyards, Flat factory, Iron and
Steel Works and arsenal at Alermo
was five times heavier than any ever
dropped by planes based In Africa.
Smoke could he seen 80 miles.
The American Second Corps,
which put an end TO Axis resistance
In the Bizerte area Mt II Il. m.
Sunday, captured three generals,
MAJ Gen. Weber commanding the
334th Division, Maj. Gen. Manteuf-
Eel, commanding n division named
after himself, and Gen. Krause,
army group artillery commander.
The commander OF the German
18th Panzer division, believed TO be
Maj. Gen. BorowietZ, surrendered TO
the divisions old foe, the British
seventh armored division OF the
Eighth army. The British unit had
chased the Panzer division all the
way from El Alamoin.
The other two captured generals
had not been identified.
On Sunday alone, the Americans
counted 1891 prisoners, q dispatch
filed by United Press Correspondent
G.. II. Cunningham from Mateur
said.
Although al official estimate was
lacking, 1t appeared the Allies had
taken more than 100000 prisoners
during the whole Tunislan cam
paign and reports Of additional sur
renders we're coming In hourly, 1t
was the first time In this war that
American troops ever had captured
n German divisional commander. II
was believed 10 be the biggest bag
Of German general ever gathered In
single action except at Stalingrad.
GA Stockholm report said Cen,
Jurgcn Won Arnim, who was left IN
command In TuniSia when Marshal
Erwin Rommel pulled out had been
evacuated but his whereabouts was
n sccrctJ
"A raco,a,, hpaoI AIT ro,Napt ri
that Vice Admiral Jean =, Estevn,
French resident general OF Tunisia
at the time OF the Allied landings
last November, had reached Vichy)
Carthage Captured
British armorcd units Saturday
captured the village of Carthage,
which stands on the ruins OF the
great city OF ancient history that
was destroyed by the Romans In l46
3. G.
An Allied spokesman, describing
the Axis plight In Tunisia, said;
"The enemy Is In u hell OF O
mess"
More than 100 Allied planes took
part In the raid on Pantelleria, the
second attack on the island In two
days.
A spokesman at Allied headquar-
tiers said many small craft loaded
with Germans and Italians had been
sunk by Allied fighters and bombers,
but IL was pointed out that this was
no, u wholesale evacuation. The
barges showed off by twos and
threes from points scattered around
more than 80 miles Of coastline OF
the peninsula.
The peninsula, II was pointed out
does not have n suitable coastlint
for q large scale evacuation attempt
KellbIa, at the extreme east end
below Cap Bon, Is the BEST port and
naval units have been Smelling II
the last two days.