The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-10
MORE TROOPS sent
Operations Are Progress
ing Satisfactorily Says
Allied Report
PRISONERS ARE TAKEN
Italians AT Genoa Said To
Be Battling With Ger
man Forces

ALL led HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN NORTH AFRICA,
Sept. 9-(P)-Strong Ameri-
can and British forces under
U. S. 1t. Gen. Mark W. Clark
hammered out a bridgehead
near Naples today in a dawn
landing that overpowered a
number of stoutly resisting
German troops embittered by
Italy's unconditional surren-
der.
Allied reinforcements were
reported tonight still stream
ing ashore.
"Operations are proceeding
Satisfactorily said an Allied
communique of this daring
stroke one-third of the way
up the Italian peninsula.
The troops led by Clark,
hero of the submarine mis-
sion to North Africa that
paved the way for the sue
cessful Allied invasion there
last November, ARE in con-
tact with German forces and
prisoners have been taken,"
the bulletin added. "The dis
embarkation of troops with
their guns and vehicles is
proceeding according to
plan"
Berlin Places Landings
Berlin said the landing was in
Salerno gulf, and broadcast re-
port from the International Infor-
nation Bureau that German
planes attacking landing barges
and warships had sunk one Allied
cruiser. There was no Allied con-
firmation of this Nazi propaganda
agency report.
CA Swiss telegraphic agency dis
patch from Chiasso. on the Italian
border, said the italian garrison
at Genoa was sharply resisting
German troops, who were said to
have occupied the entire city. 9th
er reports said German divisions
were advancing toward all t h
principal ports on the Ligurian
sea above Naples as a precaution
against more Allied landingsD
Before the troops struck t h e
shore near Naples three waves Of
Flying Fortresses had destroyed
the German military nerve center
at Frascati, II miles outside Rome
in a neat elimination of events
that has staggered the Axis both
politically and militarily.
The paralyzing blow at Frascati
occurred six hours before yester-
days announcement of the Italian
surrender. Nearly every building
in the resort city, famous for its
wine, had been occupied by Ger
man military authorities. These
were leveled by the big avenging
American eagles, official reports
said.
American Liberators from the
Middle East also dumped $50 tons
of explosives on the Foggia ex-
panse of airdromes less than 100
miles east of Naples to facilitate
the big amphibious operation.
The landing occurred few mo-
ments after am. Go pm.
Wednesday, E.W.T) under cover
of powerful barrage laid down
by the American and British ma
vies. This terrific rain of explo-
sives smashed wooded hills over
hanging the invasion coast, and
left great columns of smoke as
the Allied shock troops plunged
ashore into the italian no-rnan's
land.
An idea of the size of the Allied
force was gained from Canadian
reconnaissance pilot, John Anthony
Vasicek of Chatham, Ont, W h c
said the convoy expedition to Ma
pies covered a sea surface of 1,00t
square miles "swarming with ar
invasion fleet"
Berlin radio said the landing
occurred in the Salerno gulf al
Amalfi, 20 miles below Naples
and also acknowledged that Italian
troops deserving the Axis banner
by Marshal Badoglio's orders hac
clashed with German forces in var
ious parts of Italy. One German
broadcast recorded by the Asso
ciated Press also said that Ital
ians had occupied Bremen Pass
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