Show Tunisia Planes Increase Italy Attacks By Edward Kennedy ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA May 14 UP jp- jp Allied air squadrons rained powerful power power- ful gl l blows upon Sardinia Sicily and Italy herself Thursday in an offensive no longer divided by the necessity for support of ground troops in Tunisia United States Flying Fortresses and medium bombers delivered a smashing assault upon Cagliari port and air base which long helped support axis forces in north Africa The raid was the biggest yet undertaken against Sardinian targets targets targets tar tar- gets far surpassing that on Maddalena Maddalena Maddalena Mad- Mad dalena two weeks ago About 20 enemy vessels were sunk or damaged and large oil I fires tires were started at the Sicilian I harbor of Augusta by about 50 I United States Liberators AttackIng Attacking Attack Attack- AttackIng ing from middle east bases they dumped almost pounds of explosives there under R RAF A F lighter fighter escort from Malta Naples Reggio Calabria and Messina Jessina were other cities which felt the fury of Qt air power unleashed unleashed un un- leashed by the unconditional surrender surrender sur cur render of the last of ot Colonel General General Gen Gen- eral Cral Jurgen von Arnim's fighting Continued on nn n Page Pace Two Column F Tour Por rr PLANES STEP UP ITALY BLOWS I from Par Page Pact On One Ond men a a. surrender that yielded enormous enormous quantities of war supplies supplies sup sup- plies and nearly German and Italian prisoners All Prisoners No axis aCis forces remain In north Africa who are not prisoners In our hands the allied said The last remaining elements elements ele ele- dc- dc ments surrendered at 1145 hours a. a m. m eastern war time May 13 A British naval force torce slammed 20 broadsides into the harbor area of Pantelleria at dawn Thursday Shore of the Italian island Islam replied but their fire was ineffective ineffective tive allied headquarters an an- Pantelleria lies 45 miles east of the tip of Cap Bon Eon British made a night attack against Naples dropping block busters on selected targets of that axis supply center Malta based Intruders prowled the skies o over r Si Sicily ily and the toe of the Italian boot and communications communications communications were bombed and shot up Tons of bombs were dropped on the harbor industrial and warehouse warehouse ware ware- house areas of Cagliari by the U.S. U.S. U.S. U. U S. S Fortresses Mitchells and Ma Ma- and Was hawks strongly escorted the explosive carriers carriers carriers car car- in this thrust against the most important naval mining and commercial shipping point of Sar San dinia I Ship Blew Up Thirty German and Italian fighters fight fight- ers era rose to challenge th the Americans Americans Ameri Amen cans and nine were shot down One plane of the formations formation's escort was shot down by the enemy A ship In the harbor blew up Others were left burning Naval berths oil tanks and freight yards were wane also lit by fires Crewmen said the flames were visible from froma a distance of f miles The attack was considered by observers to have been the most I successful of any recent raids I Ithe the official report said used a column of smoke from Mount Vesuvius against the moonlight as a marker to lead them t to Naples harbor With both he heavy vy bombs and Incendiaries incendiaries incendiaries diaries they raided munitions depots oil storage and industrial areas For Forthe the second night in succession succession succession sion axis aircraft struck at the Algiers area but the said all were driven off oft and five I of if the raiders were destroyed A Alike Alike like number was said inid to have been beets shot down in r repulse pulse of the attack Wednesday night No lio G Casualties There Ther were no casu casualties or damage the said The emphasis Upon aerial action carne came caine as allied d naval haval and air forces set their sights on th the Mediterranean Mediterranean Island stepping stones to Europe The rho ground armies rested after atter completing the Tunisian conquest The busy Mediterranean fleet which helped block any a. a axis ls move toward a Dunkerque retreat lay ready to strike at axis Insular footholds in the path of th the southern southern south south- ern cnn flank of Hitler's European fortress islands whose cities ports and airfields already had been leAd laid Under devastating attack by allied planes operating only a a. few min min- utes away from north Africa Malta and Libyan desert bas bases s. s t |