22nd July unable to listen.
23/7/1943 6.= pm. Robert Robinson
The Americans have reached the North Coast
of Sicily and captured Palermo, a place with
over 400000 inhabitants yesterday.
Palermo is the principal city of Sicily.
Little Italian resistance was met.
Trapani and Marsala have been cut off
as well as the forces in Western Sicily.
Palermo is a fine harbour.
There is little news from the East of Sicily.
Fighting continues near Catania
and the Canadians have swung round.
General Alexander has said that both
Americans and Canadians have done
well, exceedingly well and the Americans
are fine fighting troops. Road communications
on Sicily have been kept under attacks
by ours bombers. Our Warhawks were over
Sardinia and shot down 17 enemy planes.
Over the Italian mainland important
attacks were carried out on railway
systems etc. Altogether, the 17 above
included 24 enemy planes were brought
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