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ofitchIntolingqueloldob-air-iurathelersenthat the irery ight liers s aniuic iff m yruvircr ui w*r camp.5th Nears Florence(Conl i nnrd ^ fninl. t)iper fune an’s me? iter, vital the laior ping the ferny ; inhack a little under a bttter counterattack.. Other infantrymen fought their way to the lateral line northwest and northeast of Volterra against concentrated small-arms and, mortar fire, but Volterra itself remained in enemy hands.On the coast itself, strong offensive action by American troops of the 5th Army met powerful enemy resistance which held gains in most places to a few hundred yards. Enemy artillery fire was especially intense here, and it seemed likely that the Germans! had brought in still more big guns, ]Fighting about ten miles .south1 of Leghorn, tank units made cpn-tact with the enemy at first light yesterday morning, and some enemy outposts were taken under heavy fire.In Leghorn itself. a huge fire, apparently from naval oil stores, was observed, with smoke rising to 10,000 or 15,000 feet. There was no explanation of the fire, but it was noted that Allied bombers had raided the harbor Friday' night.Furthermore, a Swiss dispatch reported that Italian partisans were fighting Nazis and Italianfascists in the streets • of the city.In the Adriatic sector, Polish troops gained another' mile in their drive toward the important harbor at Ancona, beating off one stiff counterattack. Advance elements on the coast and on an inland highway were about eight .miles from the town at latest reports.Italian troops took Filottrano. about 12 miles southeast of Ancona. and made a limited advance northwest of Osimo. where fighting has been especially severe.Body Lacks Unitysev-dec-wasre-theREPEL ATTACK{Continued Irom frtac litable.000-lightAd-thisnk.theyhitsshiphalfwayBaranothalfwayEast Pr PInsk vichi, i;Fries at Jpper iene-therant is il re-north v at 250. ine a f the 10.000 igines.re de-s. and \para-\s and lag. .were attacked by Allied bombers.A correspondent on Saipan reported yesterday that stragglers of the more than 10.000 civilians on Saipan, who fell back with the Jap defenders, has begun straggling through the lines to safety after the American military commander had Cfdle;1 them to givethemselv A communique yesterday from General Douglas MaeArthur revealed that Namber airfield, on Noemfoor Islandt was captured on July 6, concluding the rapid campaign for the Geelvink Bay island off Du to1' New G’dvlt;--« •’-K‘h began on July 2Namber. the last ot un jc lmnur-tant airstrips taken in the whirlwind campaign, was captured bv an amphibious assault launched from another point on the island. The communique renorted that Allied olanes have begun operating from Kamlrl airfield, taken during the initial Noemfoor landings, and en--rinoors are rapidly making the other two ready.Liberator bombers, flying from bases in the Bismarck sea area, meanwhile continued their af-'-'c'.cs on installations at Yap in fhe Carolines. A communique declared that 55 tons of bombs battered this enenvv base in two days CUher planers dropped 105 tons of explosives on much-bombed Rnbaul bringing to more than 10.000 tons the amount of bombs hitting the one base sinee February 3. according to United Press.LONDON, July 9—Voicing deep regret at the decision of EAM party leaders not to join the new Greek government. Prime Minister Papandreou today was ready to proceed with the execution, of. his program without complete national unity Reuter's reports.Eight points of the Lebanon Charter, which was signed by EAM representatives at Beirut, but virtually rejected by EAM leaders in the Greek mountains, are the basis of governmental program.Two demands are the cause of the split—EAM’s insistence on recognition of Elas (EAM armed forces* an in independent unit until the liberation of Greece, and its insistence on seven instead of five posts in the 15-man cabinet.Acceptance would mean the formation of an EAM government in the mountains of Greece, and an army belonging to EAM. at the nation’s expense. declared Papandreou.distance arating the Ko' ing on yesCferdt An Ai clared I the Na great ai terday east of througl drive t base.The Russiar the las: Accordi day. Rt have i the sot The Soviet corps Germa of Kov DNB c had bt ern bai east ol by the l»U At tl tlefron contin of Ge south} their Muellt fantry The killed since end tcNORTH BURMAlost^bI lt;lt;»•weight to bear..iiiig our whole upon Japan.General Claire Chennauh, commander of United States Army Air Forces in China, predicted that the time is not fur off. possibly within the next 12 months, when the Japanese invaders wil! be driven forever from Chinese soil.Admiral Ernest King, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet, said in part: The heroism of yourpeople, the determination of your leaders, the valiant efforts of your armies, sometimes with so little with which to fight back, ali enable us to continue according to well laid plans toward the achievement of final victory.Meanwhile President Roosevelt expressed concern over the eon-' PH tinned penetration of Jap forces i.statif: into China during his press con- week fere nee in Washington. i lice fFront, Beside Soviet Go nor of the Karl army Emil mand Eas' resist* trap pi forces Army reporl w.;nerp - : 1 kel'.er vision mand vision Rei up tc often: than and l Re: visioi 39 th still a rou i socia tlie : tinu
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Oran Stars and Stripes
Oran, Oran, DZ
Mon, Jul 10, 1944
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