14/7 9. pm. Maurice Shillington
British, Canadian and American forces on
Sicily are pushing on. British troops are beyond
Augusta on the road to Catania. Our bridgehead
is now 30 miles deep at the deepest against
6 miles at the smallest point. Our forces
continue to advance. Augusta's port is in
good working order. Favara has been taken by
the Americans Yesterday. General Alexander
visited Sicily aboard a light cruiser. Comiso
aerodrome has been captured. Yesterday afternoon
4 o'clock we entered the port of Augusta.
Yesterday Catania was bombarded from the
sea yesterday which bombardment was
followed up by bombing from the air by
Flying Fortresses. The 8th Army which is approaching
Catania meets with weak resistance.
Thousands of prisoners are coming in and the
Italians of them seem happy. The disembarkation
of troops and supplies continues. There has been
a lot of enemy bombing off the beaches
but disembarkation took place
smoothly. There is also more activity
of enemy U-boats. Our Intruders were
uninterruptedly over Sicily and Southern
Italy. Enna and Caltanissetta were bombed
2 Axis merchantmen were sunk. 42 enemy
aircraft were brought down against 7 lost by
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