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...island of Cyprus, which the Germans might have taken after their conquest of Crete-but did not-an advanced offensive base has been built, with a strong air force and a garrison of ground troops, reportedly including U.S. soldiers...
Twice the Italian garrison had been invited to surrender. Admiral Gino Pavesi, senior Italian officer, and his men clung to Pantelleria's 32 sq. mi. of volcanic rock. Each refusal increased the tempo of attack. First the Spadillo airfield was blown to bits. Then the island's one good harbor, a nest for E-boats and submarines harassing the Sicilian straits, was smashed. Low-flying planes bounced their bombs down ramps leading to underground hangars. "Pattern bombing" crushed gun emplacements...
...garrison at Pantelleria, told to "hold the line" by Mussolini, did so with commendable valor, an indication that the universally maligned and notoriously misled Italian troops will not necessarily wilt away before the first invasion troops...
Against this gain the Chinese on their side this week could record the first solid tactical success in three weeks: swiftly marshaling a unit of undisclosed strength behind the southern flank, they turned the Japanese line, broke into the pass of Yuyangkwan, ousted a Japanese garrison and sent troops hotfoot after the Japanese retreating toward the east. The Chinese Air Force, for the first time in three years, was making an all-out effort to support ground operations, and elements of America's Fourteenth Air Force moved up to the Central China area for strategic bombing...
...miles northeast of this week's fierce battle for the Yangtze River gorges (see p. 33). The Chiang Government hotly denied it. Wang's army is not a trustworthy army; despite purges, it is honeycombed with Chiang sympathizers. But it has relieved regular Jap units of garrison duty, helped Tokyo meet a serious manpower shortage, may some day take the field against Chiang...