{"id":19172,"date":"2025-12-11T12:45:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T12:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=19172"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:14:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:14:57","slug":"sicily-14th-august-1943","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/second-world-war\/38-irish-brigade-1942-1947\/38-irish-brigade-photographic-memories\/a-pictorial-history-from-algeria-to-austria\/sicilian-campaign-july-august-1943\/sicily-14th-august-1943\/","title":{"rendered":"Sicily \u2013 Final Advance to Messina,14 to 18 August 1943"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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(NA 5941): Men of the 6th Bn. Green Howards looking at the remains of a bridge blown up by the enemy near Calatabiano.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0(NA 5951): A civilian gives wine to British soldiers as they pass through Letojanni. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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(NA 6018): One of Sicily\u2019s former Fascist leaders, Advocate Santagarti, Vice-Secretarii Federale of Catania, has finally been caught, having fled from Catania before the Allied advance. He was arrested in the town of Trecastagni, and here is seen boarding a truck crowded with other Fascists on their way to the internment camp. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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(NA 5917): A German Tiger Tank Mk. VI found abandoned and blown up by our advancing troops \u2013 152 Bde. 51 Div. \u2013 These tanks are the German\u2019s latest \u2018secret weapon\u2019 and are fitted with a 88 mm gun on the turret, and weight 72 tons. The breadth of this tank is such, that on the barrow roads of Sicily its use has been limited. Pictures taken near Pisano. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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(NA 5924): Private Stanley Davis of 5th Seaforth Highlanders rides a pack mule with a swastika emblem branded on the animal\u2019s neck, 16 August 1943. The animals were now being employed by 51st Highland Division in the hilly terrain near Mt Etna. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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(NA 5933): Men of the Highland Division use mules captured from Germans to carry equipment up the slopes of Mount Etna. The rugged terrain of most of the island restricted vehicles to the inadequate road system. Pack animals therefore played a vital transport role. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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(NA 5992): 10th Platoon \u2018B\u2019 Coy 5th East Yorks Regiment who were the first British infantry into the town, watching the Italian mainland from a gun position in the harbour. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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(NA 6013): View framed by trees of Messina Harbour from hilltop overlooking the town, with Italy in the background. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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(NA 6014): To the unpractised eye, a town free from damage. A panoramic view of Messina with the Italian mainland in the background.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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(NA 5992): 10th Platoon \u2018B\u2019 Coy 5th East Yorks Regiment who were the first British infantry into the town, watching the Italian mainland from a gun position in the harbour. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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(NA 5993): Watching the Italian mainland from a Bren gun position. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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(NA 5994): Men of the East Yorks Regiment running to positions overlooking the mainland. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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(NA 5995): 2\u2032 Mortar position of the East Yorks Regiment.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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