Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-14
Germans Say
u. S. Losses
Over 5000
No Indication Yet of
Salerno Withdrawal
Air Superiority Held
By The Associated Prcss)

NHN The Associated Prcss)
Huge Scabornc Aili..a rcinfor-
dement's were reported moving
INTO tile bloody Salcrnu beach
head in Italy today and British
EiShth Army troops were dash
ing north along the coast with
III lO0 miles Oi Il junction with
Lt.-Gcn. Mark W. Clark's hard
pressed American Fifth Army
forces.
a dispatch from Yves GalIag-
hcr, Associated Press tUrrcspun-
dent At Allied headquarters in
North Africa. said the Mrditcran-
mean was alive with ships and
planes as fresh Allied troops
were sent into the sin day Old
battle for Sa!rrno.
Allied Headquarters in North
Africa, Sept. Ii - tAP) -
Fierce German counter attacks
have rvg.in,d >cm, Ground
against ,Tr - 90 mic Allied
brld"ehc"d near Salrrmu. il was
announced ,nday. bu, British
troops battling up from south
ern ltaly are only some 100
miles from making Il junction
to support the Fifth Army.
The bloody Salcrno fighting
was equal to he desperate bat
ties at Gallipon in World War |.
CGc'ma" UruudCasis declared the
Niles are probably withdrawing 10
the sea a. many troops as possible
(which means that they have aban-
d"mcd tn" enterprise altogether"
There NJ. ~ Allied comment on
these rcGU.i<
EThc NaziS cnntcndcd the Bri-
fish were "dccisivcIy beaten"
and that the Americans also were
in flight after suffering 5000 10
10000 caSualtic>.l
Allied headquarters announced that
the British had captured Coscnza in
an advwnc" APP the tore. and seized
Bari 60 miles above BIndISl on the
Adria,lr coast
The British were pushing up past
Cnscnza and were only 100 miles
south of the lower hinge of the
Fifth Army bgiderhvad
Allied tanks. infantry and planes.
10y thwGrruuS naval guns.
ha'tlcd the Germans seeking iu Wild
en- he SaIogup area brdgrhcad only
several miles deep a., The maximum
advance.
THo point. where th0 Nd2iS re-
gained ground Was not identified by
Field Marshal General Albert
krSSclrinc threw two armOred
divisions and The famous. recon-
>titutcd Hermann GGcring divi-
sion against Ii. Gen. Mark W.
ClIrk'S Fifth Army. and over
head increasing numbers of Nazi
planes were engaged by hun
drciS Of Allied planes and fight
crS and bomhcrS.
tThrrc WAS not the slightest
Allied indication of any with
drawal from Salcrn0 a. reported
by the Germans. who said the
withdrawal was continued this
morning. after beginning Mon
day afternoon. TranSoCcau said
il was being made lin complete
di>0rdcr.'O
Meanwhile. arrival of ucw Italian
navy units at Malta SwCllcd the
strength of the cr>iWhilC enemy fleet
IL Allied hands to - ships. includ-
ing five bgttlcship-. one scaplane
carrier. eight cruisers. - dcstroycrs
and 70 Submarines.
In the fierce struggle near
historic Naples. tho Allies still
had air superiority. hut the Ger
mans had closer air fields. per-
uniting them Ia fly many sOr-
Ties 4 day with a smaller num-
her of planes. The Allied bridge
head is not vet deep enough TO
support airdromcS.
Flying hundreds of sprtics. Allied
planes. including every type from
ASS INVADERS to Flying Fortrcsscs.
attacked NaZi bases and conveys.
and ion enemy planes were destroy
cd yesterday.