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Air Blitz Against Sonth
Italy Dnabated
London, August 21st.
In the Mediterranean, the all-out air blitz against Axis com-
anunications in Southern Italy is heing kept up night and day.
Without respite Allied air-
men, supported by the bomb-
ardment by Allied warships,
are putting the brakes on Axis
movement all over the toe of
Italy. In vain attempts, the
enemy sends up fighters, which
try to stop the Allied aircraft
from doing their job. Targets
on the beaches, and the ex-
posed coastal railways, have
been under bombardment from
the air and sea, and reports say
that the passport difficulties of
the Germans and Italians have
been greatly increased by the
violent air blitz on Foggia,
which means to the south-east
coast what Naples means to
the west coast.
The Italians admit very great
damage át Fogga, to the mar-
shalling yards, carriage repair
shops and other buildings, and
the three main railways out of
the city are reported to have
been cut.
Very great damage is also
reported from Salerno on It-
aly’s west coast, just below
Naples.
Axis Casualties
far Exceed Allies
General Alexander has spok-
en of the Allied casualties dur-
ing the Sicilian campaign.'
They were lighter, he said,
than had been expected. The
Brtiish Eighth Army lost 11,-
835 rríen in killed, wounded and
missing, the American Seventh
Army 7,400. Axis losses, in-
cluding thousands of deserters,
totalled 400,000.
Allied Chiefs
Still Conferring
In Quebec, where Allied
Chiefs of Staff and their ad-
visers have been working out
offensive plans down to the last
details, the conferences be-
tween President Roosevelt and
Mr. Churchill are still in pro-
jgress.
The conferences are expect-
ed to last till next Tuesday.
Mr. Cordell Hull, United States
Secretary of State, arrived in
Quebec last night, for talks
with the President, Mr. Chur-
chill and Mr. Eden.
It is clear that the important
decisions taken at these con-
ferences will not be revealed
until after the war.
Air Attacks On
West Front Gontinne
London. — The Allied air
blitz on the Western Front was
kept up yesterday by Allied
bombers, escorted by Spitfires.
Dutch pilot bombed objec-
tives in Holland, among them
an aircraft factory near Flus-
hing, while Fighting Freneh air
crews went for the marshalling
yards at Abbeville, in northern
France. There was not much
fighter opposition, but the
Flak was heavy.
One bomber was lost, but
the crew is safe.
RIVER-QUEEN
St. Lawrence river cruise boat-
men chose Jackie Miller as
River Queen. Looks like a
good choice.
Frenoh Ordered To
Tnrn In Arms
The Paris Radio broadcast a
joint statement from the Ger-
man occupation authorities and
the French Vichy Government
to all Frenchmen, exhorting
them to hand over, before Au-
gust 24th, all arms and explos-
ives they might have in their
possession.
Special reference was made
to stocks of arms known to be
in existence somewhere in
France since the fall of the
country in 1940, and álso to
weapons dropped,—so the
statement said—by Allied
planes.
After next Tuesday anyone
caught with arms or ammuni-
tion in their possession will be
iable to the death penalty.
German Escape
Corridor Narrow
On the Eastern Front the
Rusiaits have pushed a wedge
further into the Ukaine, and
are reported to be shelling the
German escape railway south
of Kharkov.
The latest messages from
Moscow report further sub-
stantial successes in the Soviet
drive to encircle Kharkov. Ad-
vances of from three to six and
a half miles were made ^ester-
day and 20 more places liber-
ated.
Thé chief advance was in
the north-western sector,
where the ever deepening
wedge into the Ukraine has
reached a point 80 miles west
of Bielgorod, from which the
westward Russian drive was
lodged. The fighting in this sec-
tor was yesterday marked by
major tank battles, which cost
the Germans 45 tanks. The
most important place occupied
was Lebedin, well beyond the
Kharkov-Sumy lateral railway,
and the farthest point yet
reached in the Soviet summer
offensive. The threat to Sumy
has greatly increased.
South of Kharkov, the Sov-
iet offensive is reported to
have narrowed the Nazi escape
corridor to only 13 miles, and
the enemy’s ast remaining rail-
way is being shelled by Russ-
ian artillery. The Soviet Air
Force has been active in this
same sector, bombing the big
railway stations along the
escape route.
From the Briansk and Spas
Demensk fronts there is also
good news. After bitter fight-
ing our Russian Allies improv-
ed their position by capturing
several strong points. In these
sectors also the Germans have
felt the weight of Russian
bombs on their vital supply
lines and junctions.