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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1048.
THE THIRTY-FIRST INSTALMENT
CRUSADE
On the
Southern front the parachutials had landed. al- though in certain instances far from their appointed landing grounds, We were .nlmost amazed at the reports of progress in the American sector, where we had thought it possible Rear Admiral Alan Kirk, in command
the assault convoy. might even postpone the transfer small boots for several hours hoping for better weather con- dilons. It was so difficult for
in
IN EUROPE
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's
Own Story Of The War In Europe
of the mountain. Montgomery's Pation employed attack Initially proceeded swiftly relentlessly,
The Battle
Inrgely
theno inetics
►
point as was the Eastward ad- vance on the left of the Seventh Army. In addition the Kighth Army had to overcome the pre- ponderance of enemy strength. Un the cliffs facing the sea just to the Eastward of Mount Finn, saw an almost incredible feat
Nevertheless, again there crop-
HENIAN BEA
BROLO
SAGATA
I
Seventh
of field engineering. The road, completely blown away through of two hundred yarda, and quickly overran the Eastern minimed casualties but shook cliff. hundreds
and thus not only presented nothing but a kheer of feet in height. beaches to Include the Nazi part the whole Italian Government so Across this gap the Admiral Cunningham to believe of Syracuse, most important to forelity that
engineers It..$18.00 at fundings in that area were
Mussolini toppled built a trestic capable of sup feasible that he promptly took our supply plan. From there to from his position of power in porting the heaviest army lourds, H.K.$38.00 ot in a destroyer to see what ward Catania opposition grew 10- into July.
it was another example of what From July 17 As the Boventh Army
ap- troops in the deld can do when II.K.$72.00 bad happened. He come back and creasingly stern.
onward the Eighth Army lay in proached the Western slopes of they are faced with stark neces- reported that the landings in the the Catanla 45th Division sector constituted
plain
facing the the Mount Etna highlands fight sity.** Mount Etna bastion with small ing became more and mere one of the finest exhibitions of
of penetrating the passes severe prospect of seamanship it had been his plea- to the Northward.
of Troina, ped up criticisms of Mont-Britol, I answered: "The truth to witness
Montgomery conducted sure
by the latgomery's "caution," which I had of the matter is that you should forty-five began to build up his reinforce Division, one of the most first heard among pressmen and take Bradley and moreover years of saltoring.
ments so as to throw an encir- fiercely fought smaller actions airmen when he was conducting will make him available on any As battle reports began to cling column to the Westward us of the war. The enemy launched his long LIND-At Queen Marry Hospital,
pursuit of Rommel date you select." Shortly there- 12, arrive it was evident that the hip Sunday, December
only hope of forcing his way twenty-four separate counter-nero
across the desert, Criticism is afte
is after General Brndicy assumed 1948, to Anne, wife of Alex. enemy had been badly deceived onward to the ultimate goal.
attacks during the battle. The point of attack.
eney-an unsuccessful
attack his new duties in England, U. Lind. ason, Alexanderas to the
The plain was infected with ground was rocky and broken, brings cries of "butcher" just as One of the valuable outcomes forinationa were Williams.
located malaria. In, no other area during with hidden Both doing well.best
areas dificult
of of the campaign was Walls Singapore papers please copy the island,
the con- largely
to every pause brings on the Western
end of the Mediterranean campaign did clean out. Several days after the timidity" Such charges are un- tinued growth and development which he
hadap we suffer equal percentage losses capture of the parently
position
our answerable because proof or re- of the spirit of comradeship be belleved we would from disnese. At other points in troops were artonished to and futution is impossible, In wor tween select for attack because of its Sicily we likewise had a serious in one small valley a field
British and American of about the only criterion that enn troops in action, The RECONSTRUCTION proximity 10 our Own Northeas
casualty 1st from malaria, but neveral hundred German dead, African ports, His reaction was Catania was the pesthole of the so far uncounted. They were IN ASIA
typical. He pushed East and region.
victims of American artillery with South
his most There is undoubtedly need
mobile
Patton in the meantime push- Are. forces to attack for capital for reconstructionist Division at Gela. The division centre of the island. while with Falermo the left flank
the American ed vigorously forward to the In the advance Eastward from ol the in Asia. The President of was not yet well ashore end; his extreme left flank he threw Seventh
the the World Bank has said that these attacks seriously threaten- mobile columns around the Wes-coast line, made a series of small
Army, following
It would be unrealistic to ex-
ed to pierce
the tern perimeter of the island, en-
operations, the beach, but the enemy
Champhibious wilbin pect the Bank to invest large
tering Palermo enemy was short terit
twelve strength of the landings varying of sums in member countries in pporting troops, particularly days after the initial landing. His from
one to two battallons. A infantry and artillery..
rapidity Kai.
of movement quickly small naval task force under Asia in the near future. Het action of the 1st, supported reducert the enemy ports to the Rear Admiral Lyal A. Davidson has stressed that the Bank steadfastly by nn nichorne forma- single one of Messina; it broke and the troops advancing along can make loans only when
tion Ind with
assistance from the
the morale of the huge itsilan the rocky coastal cliffs of Steily naval mindre, repulsed the coun-
and placed a reasonable pros-
Harrison there is
Patton's achieved a remarkable degree of ferntluck after some hours of torees In position to begin the co-ordination and pect of repayment. Even if bitter touch-and-go lighting.
effeiency attack from the Westward to carrying out these attacks. The this were not so, the Bank's
road was of the "shelf" prospects of raising addi-might
in his persist
counter- Enstern flank..
variety, a mere niche the cliffs portion of tional resources on the few attacks on this
Patton was our
shrewd student interrupted by numerous bridges foires, left Malta that night in of warfare who always clearly and culverts that the enemy accessible capital markets are
a Brilish destroyer to visit Pat-appreciated the value of speed variably destroyed as he drew now looking so thin that it
tos and Hewitt, the ground and in the conduct af operations. back Bighting. The advance along clearly cannot be counted naval commanders directly con- Speed of movement often-en- the coast line toword Messina by upon to provide a channel gerned. When I arrived the fol-ables troops to minimise any the Seventh Army Was
lowing morning the German was advantage the enemy through which investment
may tem- triumph of engineering, seaman→ Anance can flow from the surplus to the deficit regions of the world. Yet in some way investment finance must be brought into Asia *from outside if the reconstruction urgently needed there is to go forward, because Asia's own resources clearly are in- adequate.
through
The
Belleving that the enemy break the deadlock the only ty
LA S SEVENTH
THE INVASION OF SICILY JULY 10-31, 1943
"
MESSINA
on
Im-
In-
#STAGT
CESARO
RANDAZ
ERICHNĄ
BRONT
RISALBUTO
CATANIAN
ACTREALE
❤SATERING
CATANIA PLAIN THE VA
STRORIALE)
FINAL STAGE SICILIAN CAMPAIGN TO FALL OF MESSNA-AULYTI943 DESIGA, SAGVENTH ARMY_ GAS SRITISH EIGHTH ARNTY
ship, and gallant infantry action.
By the end of July the Italian j garrison, except for # few small be applied to a commander is his Army, in its first campaign, had elements under the direct de accumulated record of victory established * reputation that mination of their Genman over-and defeat, I regularly success-gained the deep respect of the lords, had
entirely quit,
but ful, he gets credit for his skill, veteron British Eighth, while on along along the great saw-toothed his judgment as to the possible the American vide there was
which the centre was and ridge of
the impossible; and his sincere enthusiasm for the fight- Mount Etna the German gar-leadership. Those critics of Mont-ing qualities of their British and rison was fighting skillfully and gomery who assert that he Bonie- Canadian partners. Bavagely, Panzer and paratroop times falied to attain the elements here were among themum must at least admit that high degree of emelency the co-
best
of
sustained
with
the
maxi-
that
assault
he The operations brought to g The delegates to the con-
we encountered in the war, never once
major
ference of the United Nations
and each position won was gain-defcat. In this particular instance ordination among air, naval, and ed only through. the complete I went over all details carefully, ground forces. The Navy, in its Economic Commission for
destruction of the defending-
both
with Montgomery and with escorting, supporting, and main- Asia and the Far East, which.
clements.
Alexander. I believed then, and tenance functions, performed has just concluded at Lap-
Nevertheless, by the time the believe now, that a headlong at- miracles and always in exact co- Seventh and Eighth Armies had tack against the Mount Etna
Eta ordination
with the needs and stone, had a difficult and in-
closed up into position for their
position
resources se preliminary to the
of the other arms. The volved task in trying to plan
final assault against the Mount avaliable in the middle of July, real practical reconstruction. The
Eins bastion the Germans saw would have been defeated. And was a vast bombing operation report of the special Work-
that the game was up and began caution and timidity
it is well to remember that air. Entirely aside from its suce cess in defeating the enemy air Committee ing
the evacuation across the Strait that
arc not cess says nearly one half of the ex-
of Messina. Our bombers operat- synonymous, just as boldness and forces, it so badly battered the ed against
this line
enemy communleations of escape, rashness are not!
in Sicily penditure which the Commit-
but narrowness of the strait) Among the American leaders, and Southern Italy
the tee regards as essential for
allowed the enemy to get out Bradley had done so well in mobility of his forces was recovery will be required for pulling back,
most
of t the badly battered Ger- Sicly that when General Mar- materially lowered and the up- presumably to porarily gain but, more
during hours improving road.
man garrison rail
shall, and strengthen his defences in the portant, speed
toward the end of August, ply of his troops was a most dif- mokes possible darkness.
asked my
recommendation on ficult process. water transport. Through critical Catania area. Everybody the full exploitation of счету Early
on August 17 the U.S. the Army commander out Asia and the Far East was in ne fettle, and though we favourable opportunity and pre- 3rd Division pushed into the town United States
To Be Continued. the war years have aggravat-n the destroyer saw little more vents the enemy from readjust of Messina. A detachment from ed the shortage of transport, gunfire yet we got
than sporadie ing his forces to meet successive the Eighth Army soon after ar-
good and until that handicap can ception of the whole car com- attacks, Thus through speed and rived and on that date the last
determination cach successive
asive remaining element of the enemy be overcome, it will be diff-the South coast, and two accom advantage is more easily
and forces on the island. was cult for nations to advance Gunther was one, picked up local previous one. Continuation of the
panying pressmen, of whom John econ
economically gained than the eliminated. towards higher standards, of colour
In the original study of the for their dispatches.
Il process
Anally results living which are
in de- Sicilian operation Alexander had acknow- seized the chance to stop on the moralisation of Bie
enemy. faintly ledged as essential.
hoped that the forces beach to send the Canadian corps Thereupon speed Gust be re- landing on the East of The emphasis laid in the a mes
the Island Inessage of welcome to the doubled relentless and speedy would quickly push to the North- Allied command. report on the needs of trans-
pursuit le the most prouitable ward, close to Messing, There Up to that moment no ampiti-. port is an illustration of the blous
they could effectively block the in history had ap plous attack mutual benefits to be obtain-proached this one in size. Alonz commanders, and troops,
To insure rapidity of action all easy avenue for enemy evacua-
must❘tion, and would also be in ed by the integration of re-miles of coast line there were recognise opportunities and be position to make a possiblo.sur- covery programmes in the hundreds of vessels
and
small imbued with the burning deter- prise landing naross the narrow Over them.
Higher
United
of the fighting
on
action war,
The
the
cn
Far East and recovery plans beats afloat and antlike files of mination to make the most of strait and thus assist in a speedy
aking troops ashore. In Europe. The
commander transfer of our troops to were lghts of protecting must constantly plan, as each Italian mainland later on. States has made it clear that part in the North Eastern end of operation progresses, so to direct Montgomery's operations America cannot provide fighters..
his formations that success finds the East coast had begun aus- funds for reconstruction and The point we wanted to cap-his troops in proper position and piciously, and for a few days It
ture at the earliest development in Asia. It is
possible condition to undertake successive looked as
if Alexander's moment was Messina, the enemy steps
hope without also obvious that American port in the northeastern end of periods of inaction for regroup- Ume Montgomery was ready to pause. Long might be realised. But by the industry, in the light of the Island, directly across the ing are justified only by sheer assault the natural defensive heavy worldwide demands, narrow straft from the Italian necessity. Veteran troops realise barriers running from Mount cannot supply what Far East mainland. Through this port al that by continuing the advance Etna to the sea the enemy had
most enemy supplies would and attack countries urgently need.
against
a shaken brought up too much strength. have to Row, and ance it was enemy the greatest possible gains The The report of the Commit-secured the position of the gar-are
chance for a coup de main made at minimum cost. passed, if it ever had existed. tee declares that apart from rison on the island would be Speed requires training, itsess, Thereafter the Northward path settlement of political dis- hopeless. The enemy of course confidence, morale, suitable of the Eighth Army was fully path
this unity the development to be
simple truth as clearly transport, and skillful leadership. difficult from the terrain vi accomplished will depend on his forces to bar the progress of as we and rapidly gathered up finance, capital goods, basic Montgomery, who was closest to
materials and technical per Mun, Tendously favoured by DO YOU
sonnel mostly from outside was
the ground. Mount Etna
East
the ECAFE region. A large minates the whole North proportion of all these essen- corner of tials must come from West-Eighth Army's route to the ern Europe;. It is, therefore, Northward lay true to say that every step road along the seaward shoulder forward made by Britain and
the island and the KNOW
other countries concerned in
over a narrow
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