The World In Review
The allied invasion of Sicily has
completed the initial stage. This
has been accomplished with a suc
cess that is remarkable in com
parison with similar efforts in
military history. It may prove that
what can be done in Sicily makes
more practical and less costly, than
has so far seemed possible, land
ings on the shores of the European
continent. This value is .of course,
additional to the strategic impor
tance of winning Sicily and open
ing the passage way through the
Mediterranean.
The first allied triumph is in
the generalship, and in the ability
of the officers and men of several
proud nations, to work heartily,
loyally and effectively under a
commander in chief chosen from
one of these nations. The com
mander of an international force
must not only be a supremely in
telligent and experienced soldier,
but he should possess several per
sonal qualities, good humor, con
sideration, even charm, and have
recognition of the intense pride
and jealous rivalry that go with
the military profession.
Also, he must make prompt and
clear decisions, that will neces
sarily occasion some disappoint
ment and chagrin, and that will
not always accord with the judg
ment of other officers of high
rank. If he cannot do this, he
cannot be a great commander, but
in authority over an allied force
much depends upon manner, and
upon possession of what I can only
describe as gentility.
This might be illustrated by the
contrast between two of England’s
greatest soldiers. Marlborough and
Wellington. Wellington despised
England's allies, whether they
were Portuguese and Spaniards in
the Peninsular war, or Dutch and
Belgians in the Waterloo cam
paign. He treated them with dis
dain and harshness. In his reports
he loaded them with contempt,
and very considerably, he failed to
do them justice. He was not a
competent commander of allied
forces.
Marlborough was an equal, per
haps an even greater soldier. He
had to deal with the tough-minded
statesmen of Holland; in Bavaria
and the low countries he had to
share command with a great mili
tary colleague. Prince Eugene. But
however proud Marlborough may
have been at heart, he had enor
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mous patience, tact, and the ability
to recognize merit in foreign sol
diers, upon whom England was
dependent for success. He was
a notable commander of allied
forces.
In heading any campaign, but
especially one like that of Sicily,
in which so much of the method
is novel and untried, success de
pends upon patient, deliberate and
t houghful preparation, that some
times seems like slowness and de
lays but after the operation starts
upon utmost speed, vigor and
audacity, until victory is complete.
This was always the method of
Napoleon, who, in a sense, was
his own general staff. He would
brood and reflect for days, over
his maps and the strength returns
of his corps, until everything was
ready in his mind for those match
less orders which he dictated to
his marshals; and then from the
moment that the campaign opened
and Napoleon joined his army in
the field, he was the embodiment
of driving energy which produced
speed, ruthlessness and the un
remitting action.
In reviewing this Sicilian opera
tion we see evidence of this same
quality of generalship, cautious de
liberation in working out the last
details of the plan, and then celeri
ty, boldness and unresting effort
in driving the assault onward.
German generalship has effected
dramatic achievements in this war,
but it has shown no success in
uniting the forces of other allied
nations with the German army,
and while it has introduced new
tactics into the war and won pro
digious victories, it has failed in
strategic intelligence, in sound
judgment of the strength and
tenacity of the opponents.
In the opening year of the pres
ent war, the German armies taught
the necessity of combining under
one command air power and troops
fighting on the ground. This was
the basis of their blitzkreig. The
allied commanders have fully ab
sorbed this lesson. They have im
proved upon it. They have added
to this combination of arms, one
branch which the Germans did
not employ, because they did not
have it. This is naval power acting
in cooperation with land and air
power, and taking its plans and
orders from a commander and
general staff set over them all.
The allied naval forces in the
Mediterranean, under Admiral Sir
Andrew Cunningham, have per
formed a great task in this Sicilian
campaign. They have done some
things that it was supposed that
naval vessels could no longer do.
This navy's first mission was to
control the waters of the Mediter
ranean. This was essential. It had
to contain the Italian fleet, which
at this writing has not ventured
to take the sea. It had to suppress
the action of enemy submarines
around Sicily, furnish swift and
safe transport and convoy of troops
and weapons from the African
shore to the beaches of Sicily.
The many hundreds of transport
barges and boats for landing tanks,
artillery, heavy weapons, and de
tachments of infantry of varying
size were I believe the invention
and production of the allied army.
But the navy’s task was to assem
ble this great fleet of minor ships,
guide them across the Mediterran
ean to hostile shores and beaches,
and protect them at every hour
of the night and morning, from
observation and attack of enemy
air and naval power. Perhaps none
of us can appreciate how great a
feat of organization and of convoy
this naval achievement has been.
But in addition to convoying the
expedition across the waters, al
lied naval vessels have taken a
hand in the fighting ashore, such
as has not been seen for a great
while. Fire from naval guns upon
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In Armored Force
PVT. WILLIAM W. GILLES
PIE, above, son of Mrs. B. A.
Gillespie, Brevard, Rt. 1, was
recently cited as a sharpshooter
for making one of the best scores
in his company on the .30 calibre
rifle. He is in the armored force
replacement training center at
Fort Knox, Kentucky. He was
home on a recent furlough with
his wife and other relatives.
Florida Woman Died
Here Last Wednesday
The body of Mrs. W. R. Steph
ens. of Jacksonville, Fla., who died
in the Transylvania Community
hospital here last Wednesday af
ternoon, was shipped to DeLand,
Fla., where funeral services were
held.
Mrs. Stephens was a summer
visitor and had been staying at
the home of Mrs. W. J. Wallis. She
was 74 years old and died from a
cerebral hemorrhage.
A daughter, Mrs. Philip Roll,
of Jacksonville, Fla., is a counselor
at Camp Mary Gwynn near here.
Extension's farm labor program
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in the United States. Nearly 500,
000 placements were made in two
months.
Sicilian coast defenses was a great
aid in the infantry landings. This
service is observable all the way
around the Sicilian coast from
Gela to Catania. Naval gunnery,
probably from small vessels of the
destroyer type, blasted the coastal
resistance.
For a long time it has been
axiomatic that naval vessels could
not contend with shore batteries.
The allied ships may have kept
away from Italian fixed fortifica
tions, if there were any, but they
rendered a service to the troops
on shore, that recalls the help of
Admiral Porter’s gun boats at
Donaldson and Shiloh on the Ten
nessee river, and Farragut’s Flo
tilla on the Mississippi in our own
civil war.
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TO HELP PREVENT
FOREST LOSSES
Shaddix Says That Material
Will Be Distributed
To Them
As an aid to forest fire preven
tion in Transylvania and other
counties of Western North Caro
lina, a large quantity of forest
material is to be made available
to teachers this fall and winter
thru the efforts of the Southern
States Forestfire Commission, it
was stated here this week by W.
L. Shaddix, of the Southern States
Forestfire Commission.
“The millions of dollars repre
sented by the trees of this great
mountain area are always in danger
of destruction from fires, particu
larly in the spring when the sap
is up, and when the wind is high
and during a dry season,” Mr.
Shaddix stated. “Material distri
buted thru schools, work of teach
ers in explaining to the pupils
how they can aid by being careful
with matches and fire in the woods,
and thru film shows for the chil
dren, the hazard is materially
lessened,” he added.
“Teen age boys are developing
into volunteer fire fighters in co
operation with the Office of Civi
lian Defense which is furthering
such a move, along with others.
Interest here is keen among farm
ers and all as shown by letters we
and other agencies received when
we sponsored publicity and radio
programs. We had some encourag
ing letters from Transylvania coun
ty as far back as 1939 when we
were heard here over Grand Ole
Opry from Nashville, and at which
time we started the volunteer fire
move to reduce losses in our wood
lands.”
Washington's state motto is:
“By and By.”
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the order
of the Board of Aldermen of the
Town of Brevard, the undersigned
will offer for sale to the highest
bidder for cash at the City Hall
door in Brevard, North Carolina,
on Thursday, August 5, 1943, at
12:00 o'clock, noon,, the following
described real property:
All of that lot on Franklin Ave
nue in Brevard, North Carolina,
being known as lot number 26 of
the Franklin Park Improvement
property as shown by plat thereof
prepared by A. L. Hardin and H.
G. Bailey, surveyors, and record
ed in Plat Book 1, Page 71, Rec
ords of Plats for Transylvania
County.
This the 6th day of July, 1943.
VERNE P. CLEMENT,
Mavor. Town of Brevard.
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