AXIS PREPARATIONS
FOR RETREAT FROM SOUTH ITALY SHOULD ALLIES.CROSS TO MAINLAND. /REPORT OF INVASION FLEET BEING SIGHTED. (By Telegraph— Press Association—Copyright) (Received. This Day, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, August 17. The enemy has begun demolition operations in the toe of Italy, indicating, preparations for a withdrawal northward should the Allied forces cross to the mainland. The Rome radio this evening reported that a large Allied invasion fleet had been sighted off Catania, including barges laden with troops and tanks.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 August 1943, Page 4
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78AXIS PREPARATIONS Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 August 1943, Page 4
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