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Allies Beat Back
Nazi Panzers
London, Oct. 7th.
On the South front, the Eighth Army has repelled a Ger-
man panzer attack, while north of Naple? the Fiftli Army is still
advancing. In the Adriatic, considerable naval activity has been
announced.
Allied messages to-day re-
port that the heaviest fighting
in still going on in both the
west and east coast sectors, —
and say that the Germans
sent a panzer division, which
had been fighting against the
Fifth Army on the plain of
Naples, to the east coast, to
attack Montgomery’s forces. —
But the Eighth Army had also
been reinforced, and drove
back the Nazis, who had been
attacking in the direction of
Termoli, with heavy losses to
the enemy. Nevertheless, the
lEighth Army has now come up
against very fierce resistance.
[Montgomery’s men are at pre-
Ssent slightly north of a straight
(line west across the mainland
ito Rome, and this constitutes
[a threat to the Germans north
[of Naples, who fear an out-
| flanking movement by the
| Eighth, across country, to the
j north of the Italian capital.
The latest messages report
' Montgomery’s troops to be no
; more than 50 miles from Pes-
; cara, which lies on the east
coast, on the main Adriatic rail
road to Rome.
British warship are operating
off the Adriatic coast, in sup-
port of the British Eighth Ar-
my by bombarding enemv rail
ways and troop positions north
west of Termoli.
Enemy transports and other
objectives in the battle area
have been diligently bombed by
the Allied air forces. On the
Eighth Army’s front, Kitty-
hawks, carrying bombs, yester-
day destroyed no less than 82
enemy trucks, badly damaging
another 113 at just one eon-
centration base, and at anoth-
er place, out of an enemy con-
voy of 13 trucks, only one es-
caped destruction or damage.
While fierce land, sea and
airb attles rage on the Eighth
Army’s front, the Fifth Army
to the west progresses slowly.
The Germans hold the Voltur-
no line in considerable strength
— and rain is making Allied
progress more difficult. The
American forces inland main-
tain constant contact with the
enemy, and are reported to be
closing in on Capua, the key
point of the Volturno line.
On this front also, -— en-
emy roadways, passes and
junctions along the Nazis road
of retreat have been the targ-
ets for many Allied bombing
and strafing attacks. In all yest
erday’s air operations in Italy,
six enemy planes were shot
down for the loss of three Al-
lied machines.
To-days Allied communiqué
from the Middle East states
that although the Germans
have succeeded in capturing
the landing ground and the
capital of Cos, the second bigg
est Dodecanese island, Allied
troops continue their resistán-
ce.
Yesterday. Middle East air
craft made more attacks on
enemy targets on Rhodes,
among them the im-
portant airfield at Maritza. AU
the Allied planes returned sa-
fely.
London, October 7th.
The recently appojnted Sup
reme Allied Commander of
South-East Asia, Admiral Lord
Louis Mountbatten, arrived in
New Dehli to-day. He will here
confer with General Sir Clau-
de Auchinlech, C.-in-C. India,
before going on to Chungkin,
where he will confer with Pre-
sident Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek.
“It Never Burts to
Hold Vour Tongue”
In wartime Security be
comes everyone’s concern,
qiid jis an example of the
rare instance in which each
other’s business becomes ev-
eryone’s business. Individu-
al security must be added up
until it reaches the sum oí
eollecíive security. A chain
is no stronger than its weak
est Iink and everyone must
guard his own link or the
chain will snap. If you make
it your business to keep still
yourself, you will add
strength to the chain, he-
cause the man next to you
will be unable to pass on
your tales. No one wants to
hear you talk anyway. The
best conversationalist is a
good listener. Let it be your
job to listen and report; and
not to talk and be reported.
Disregard of your responsi-
bility may mean the loss of
someone elses life. Remem-
ber that an idle word rolling
off your tongue can boom-
erang and cost you your
life, as well. Don’t make su-
icide so simple. Don’t give
the Enemy information
which gives him all the ad-
vantage and gives you the
spot hehind íhe „eight ball.”
REMEMBER! If it hurts to
hold your tongue, it will cer
tainly hurt infinitely more
to lie wounded on the battle
field. The man who keep his
tongue has half the battle
j won.
I________________________
Nimitz Wallops Japs
A communiqué from Admir-
al Nimitz’, C.-inC. Pacific, an-
noimces that strong units of
the U. S. Fleet, including one
aírcraft carrier, on Tuesday at-
tacked Wake Island, 2,300 miles
south-west of the Hawaiian Is-
lands.
In his communiqué, Admiral
Nimitz, apart frcm saying that
a strong task force had attack
ed the Japs, gave no details.
LiTENEWS
London, Oct. 6th.
In a special Order of the
Day„ issued just before mid-
night to-night, Marshal Stalin,
announced the launching of a
new Russian offensive all a-
long the front from White Rus-
sia to the Taman peninsula.
First, Marshal Stalin an-
nounced the capture of Nevel,
60 miles north of Vitebsk,
where the Soviet forces to-day
have breached the Nazi defen-
ce line on a 15 mile front to a
depth of 15 miles. This consíi-
tutes a serious threat to out-
flank all the German troops in
the Leningrad area, as well as
those south of the breach
in White Russia.
Marshal Stalin also revealed
that the Red Army had smash
ed across the Dniepr river in
three places. North of Kiev, the
Russian crossing threatens to
split the entire German forces
on the East Front in two, and
another Soviet crossing south-
east of Kremenchug, constitutes
a direct threat to Dnieprope-
trovsk.
Concluding Marshál Stalin
announced that Soviet forces
were busy liquidating the rem-
nants of the German forces in
the Taman peninsula.
Mr. Cordell Hnll
to Visit: Moscov
It has been revealed that Mr.
Cordell Hull, U. S. Secretary of
State, will be going to Mos-
cow for the coming three po-
wer conference, the prearation
for which is now nearing its
last stages.
The British delegate will be
Foreign Secretary Mr. Anthony
Eden, assisted by Mr. William
Strang, Permanent Under Se-
cretary of the Foreign Office,
and Sir Harold Ishmay, De-
puty Military Secretary of the
British War Office.