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Italian Campaign Strategy

by BILL I088 p OTTAWA (CP) - The Cauldlllll Army partly answered a 12-yellk gld question by disclosing that Lt.- Gen, E. L. M. Burns lost com- mand of 1st Canadiah Corps dur- ing the Second World Wars llIl- ha campaign through inability to

get along with British generals. Specifically, says the army history published today. he hadn't the confidence of Sir Oliver Lggse, the 8th Army commander. who at one point went so far as to recommend that the Canadian Corps be disbanded. The Canadian: 1945, written

in Italy, I943- by Lt.-Col. G. W- l--

ricades to the Liri Valley. t

In the Gustav and Hitler Line battles the corps' vigor and deter- mination in the assault were her-. aided. The Hitler Line, smashed May 23. 1944. by the now-veteran 1st Division, cost 47 officers and 832 other ranks one day's ac- tion. The approach to the line had

officiait been almost as costly.

”But the enemy," writes Nich- olson. ”with fewer men to lose ,had lost more-over 700 had beenl itaken prisoner and several hun-l ldred others killed." l

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SLOW IN CHASE

But the corps proved slow inf

,the chase. largely because it wast

Nicholson. deputy director of theisth Armored: tirst engagement,

general

went on the bookstands today

it is published by the Queen's

Printer and sells for 53.30. QUESTIONS STRATEGY

The book eriticizes the general ship of Gen. H commander in the Liri partly to blame for excessive cas- ualties in the Gustave and Hitler Line battles.

It also questions Allied strategy hgcarrying on the Italian cam- paign up to the Gothic Line. say- ing by that time the Job had been do" an fighting thereafter was expensive and unprofitable. That fighting cost Canada her heaviest losses in manpower.

A principal thread of its 682- page text. amplified by 67 plilfts of references, 35 maps and I4 bat- tle sketches, is that Burns. now the United Natinns' chief observer in Palestine, was behind the eight- ball from the moment he took over his command from Gen. H. D. G. Crerar. NOT WANTED - Canadian Corps

wasn't wanted in Italy Illd 595-. Eisenhower, supreme ornman- der, Gen. Alexander, 15th Army Group commander, and first Gen.

Montgomery, and later Gen.

Lease, ihh Army commanders,

made no bones about it.

Also unwanted was one of the eorpa' formations, the 5th Cana- dian Armored Division.

There were difficulties over equipment. When Gen. Crerar ar- rived in Italy, says the history. Montgomery even tried to PC?- cuade him to forget about equip- ping and assembling his atill-ar- riving corps, and to take over command of the lat. Canadian In- fantry Divlslon. '

The initial resentment over the our-ps' arrival was prompted by the fact that the decision was taken to send it and element! were on the way before Eisen-

hower, Alexander or Mootsomery

were informed.

by division

sept the Canadians."

"The aspect which causes me most concern." he lddfd. "ll the pressure I anticipate will be put

action at an early date." Alexander was much more tort. ”We already have as much ar-

can usefully employ in Italy." he

are agreed upon. These decisions upset my order of battle which in turn affect my plans for battle.' POOR EQUIPMENT -

Eisenhower. anticipating trouble over equipment. warned that the British equipment slated for the Canadians was worn out and un- suitable.

Montgomery. during Crerar'r first interview, "frankly stated he did not wanranother corps let up in Italy."

As Crerar set about getting his eorps set up he reallted he would have I threefold fight: getting it into action reasonabl, quickly.

Nicholson is eloquent on the di- lapidated British equipment the Canadians took over.

The British finally proposed Int Canadian-made equipment. en route to the United Kingdom for 1st Corps Troops. be diverted to reequip 5th An-nored.

BUSPECTS PURPOSE

Crerar was adamant. The equip- ment would go to Corps Troops. Otherwise, he wrote. the British might use the pretext that since Corps Troops were not properly equipped the Canadians could not

moved fraaa Africa. zroops got what crerar r. .

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ataff's historical section.

Leese, 8th Army Valley campaign, holding his battle plan

as I division. That started Burns'l real troubles with his superlorsp

and his British opposite numbers.

stun was to pass through lst. Ca- . nadtans axis and exploit to the

l right.

i The Canadians were slow in making the road available to the British, partly through "bad roads and stream crossings. congeslions and unexplained delays."

Enemy snipers from the right flank-held by the BritishApre-l vented Canadian engineers front lifting all the enemy mines. They subsequently blew up British, tanks, further delaying 6th Ar- mored's advance.

BRIDGE COLLAPSE!

A Canadian-built bridge ml-t

The British 6th Armored Dtvl-,

John Legerwood At

Lions Club Meeting

The Summerside Lions at their dinner meeting on Wed- nesday nlght heard Mr. John Leg- erwood administrator of. the Prince County Hospital, outline. some of the pl0blC!l.1I facing our'. community hospital.

Too often, be said, "The Hospit-l sl is thought of as a profit making business which is failing. It is not. The Hospital is a charitable in-. stitution which must have money to keep its services available tol anyone in cost. This cost cannot! be borne by the individual patient. They must be paid for by the com- munity as a whole. The Prince County Hospital should be consid- ered an Indlapensible part of the community of Prince County and, everyone must accept the oblig-l ation to support it, both morally and financially.

Mr. Legerwood's address wasl greeted enthusiastically by the club - ,members as stimulating discuss-j

Lion Joe Clark and others. d The topic ofshouse to house mail l elvery or Il.lI'III'IeI'siCle was in- l troduccd by King Lionlftuss .I(elly. . ,After considerable discussion it lwas decided to forward are noi- ; ll;:)l:)1Iilntgtitt:eeigroper authorities sup- ea. .The meeting closed after dispen- Slllz with routine business.

BURTON

Parishioners of St. Mark's and

lion developed out of questions byl

Cm) Ital Brae, spent a few days visiting

' at the home of their son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. San- ford Phillips in Mt. Royal recently.

. Harris in 0'Leary.

The decision was rriade by the war ooraenittee of the Conadltan cabinet after an invitation had been prodded out of Prime Minis- ter Churchill and the war omn- Ths deal was that a British corps headquarters would be rillllctd Creroi-'s and a British armored by Burrts' Sth Armored. The Canadians would pick up in Italy the British formationr dir-

"gpprgclntlng the political consid- erations" he would "IS"-W l0 '9”

upon me to get these troops into

nsor in the Mediterranean as we

told Churchill. ”I shall be grateful if 1 can be consulted in future bi- fore matters of such importance

w Irovortloaal Inelehllendlbarnttu.

lapsed Over the 58000 River 0IIlSt. Bernadettes were shocked and the approach to Ceprano, agaia.sadd,ned to km.” of me sudden delaylllg "'9 3'-lV3ll93 0l Bllllshldeath of their former pastor Rev troops slated to past through the M.E. Francis of St Dunstans Uni: c'"l3dl'"l5- verstty of Charlottetown. Sym-

Writes Nicholson: t - - . ”Roads had given way at vari- :::,l,);d",B;'35e?tended to the be

on: points and it had been neces- Mm Beverly Howard M", ,.e, sary to lower the classification of cmuy returned from Jaw" Pam

Ieadquarter-s a number of weakened bridges. Am” Spent me weekend n we

Chaotic conditions had arisen mom. 0, M, r parents. Mr. and Mrs. lzzm.':::;3:..”:::::::.:::..”"x; cn;-5--..,-;- . , . ore resuming er s u les a . the current traffic plan, drlverslnul Charlottetown.

thought only of themselves, and Mr. and M”.

out the whole operation only three reports on its progress.

fBoth Gen. Burns and his brig- adler general ataff IBrig. G. A. Mccartcrl labored to correct this neglect, which caused the ltth Army to send an experienced G50 1 to assist the divisional bead- quarters staff.” . INN) RESERVE

Leeae held Burns r9SDOlI5lblC.

He drew the corps into reserve, both to rest the troops and to give both Burns' and Hoffmeister's headquarters "time to absorb the lessons they had learned in recent fighting."

Lcese considered Corps Head- quarters not yet esp ” ”of han- dling I corps of several divisions in mobile warfare."

Indeed Gen. Alexander and the

Miss Gertrude O'Connor of Hal

Cape Wolfe.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Dalton

Mr. and Mrs. Robert England.

Springfield West. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Howard

lottetown. Mis Annie Hult of litter. NI.

Mae Dalton. Burton.

the "Cancer Fund."

carded equipment. per was held in the parish hall GUARDED ACCEPTANCE 8th Army commande (Leese) put on Tuesdn. ngning, sqpt, 25. A Eisenhower laid Kll3Fd9dlY ill” f"w"d ' l””p””l 1"” ll" large crowd attended and were

corps be broken up and the divi- ll0nl be placed under sommand of a British corps."

from England, as Canadian Army commander. Crerar re- torted that national bias and "mil- itary lnconcenience" prompted those suggestions. SHARP COMMENT

"In practice." he wrote. "this means that no Canadian, or Amer- ican. or other "national" com- mander, is ever rated quite as high In an equivalent Britisher."

"It. also means that to a British Army commander. such as Loose. the Canadian cohesiveness cre-r Glad by the existence of a Cana- dian higher formation, such as a C0l'Dl. is a distinctly troublesome

Howard.

death of Mr. Wolfe. on Sept-

Elaine.

man commander-in-chief:

Chris Vokpglprtbsed by the commander of the nth Army had in time come to be known to the corps commander's Canadian subordinates.

"This combination of circum- stances p r o d u c I d a situation

visions (Maj.-Gen. and Hoffmeisteri and received as-' suranee of their confidenae inl Gen. Btrrns' leadership.

"He then obtpined the agree- ment of Alexander and Leese that Burns should remain in com- where it was impossible for him mend for another phase of opera- in NT?! 0'1 II fllllefll Om?" tiom. after which the matter C0llll7lI'ltlllIl- Y" l-ll llllfllll ll"

corps Gen. Burns could look back IMPOSSIBLE POSITION

on a satisfying record of achieve- Barne then was In the "lmpos- ment by the Canadian formations alble" position of being on probs- Inder hll commuti- Ilon. PROUD RECORD The hill Illllor phase was the "As he subsequently reported to approach to the Gothic Line is cell. Crerar, the corps had taken

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ofacttort. we went fkrther lflllsrlly it was a triumph of and faster than aayother ou-pa." -nelttataryooum onlenvhstulr0an.swane- he to ntuor-gnsral ad was

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Alfred O'Brien,

ifax. N.S.. is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond O'Connor, guests of Mr. Shannon's aunt, Mrs.

Burton, were weekend guests of

Burton, attended the funeral of the late Rev. M. E. Francis of Char-

was a recent guest of Mrs. Ida

Pupils of Burton School recently canvassed the district in aid of

St. Marks annual chicken sup-

loud in prise of the delicious sup- per served by the ladies of St. Marks and St. Bernadettor. Sever- al games of bingo were enjoyed. followed by dancing to music fur- nished by Lance Dalton and Lorne

"esidenls of Burton and vicini- ty were shocked by the sudden Iarlarld Miller. Cape mth. Sympathy is being extended to his bereaved realilves, his wife and dalI8lll0l'

Army commander. '0 Field Mm" shal Albert Kesselrlnl. the Ger-

”'I'he 5th Canadian Armored Di-

factor." " .' WUPUU . ' Inca Nonetheless. lays the history. vmon W" excellent . .tiieT'Coug.ll "x H 9'1” '5'”-l””""3' l"'”h'9n:l:"l0l:l the enemy was allowed to with- "oi "mu in n"mbe"'ld, 3" - 73- ; ”'"""'" VWWUI 5"" UM llllli ill ll" "”"' "" ”” '””l"”'" "' ”it'i?..:Jf.tE'.i"'.5ti3l ”.i...”'5"..w.. . Onoofth--in-st "T o . .

s own time and even to bre k ' ' "V" - - contact and "lat Canadian Corns "M ””"V.' m N0v;;';t:"' mt bebiu is that ti;yhidlll):': 12:; mg? ?mm;.?” must take its share of responsibil- corps hm ",' mmnn ' amusernent it terms of dollars and phogo ”ph':: Cu. to, OM43: ity." LACK or CONFIDENCE ,,,,,,H,,,,,,.,,,.,,, ,",,,,p,. mhlgom Pl-;.hb,hm I”.

"When I. e e s e tequested a Writes Nicholson: I of nycolored attached 3, "oi; Nut." 9, f,,,,,.. 1., change in the corps command ”Although he was an officer of tolIIl7yIG'lbl7l'rlIylIIu.WIllkeIv mm 3,. "V the offered "the best British of- very distinguished abilities, never- I Wlqollt y glad. The mu. guggm. aw. in ftgler, that could be made svaiI- the-less there did nstlhexlgt hp: bsfauyofof lby?'IIIWh.DCl- tlnllsthovnwitka camera. a e'I as an I . en. Burns an e r is . . "'"'P- 0 0 0 handing the ct:r.i)esr,n.(t3i:::. 'gII:l!llS1 :vev:le0rI.' GIIIHCCPI that personal re- "5ksW9:. (Gen. Kenneth Stuart, then chief lationshlp of friendly mutual by An3'.':;';f' W7 . R.egulargl'own-up of mm . . . flew to Italy. With understanding which is to import- whwulyh. M'"'”""5 llowcuu . the corps commander's concur- ant. o o o . "H." b'.”'"' rence Stuart Interviewed the com- "There was some suggestion SEQ Ywlllhd murders of the two Canadian di. that the lack of confidence ex- ll& '9” 'hV 3 F3

O'LEARY

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Dalton MONTREAL (CPI-The propar

tion of Eskimos suffering front tri

. an often - fatal dineue usually caused by eating poorly- Mrs. Seaman Bell of Summer- 0, n”rp&?,h;':yhbe”Eehl'gchu?: side, spent the weekend with her 1”. an In ankle in me earn,” p"""P- Mrs "d M” "ed M”' issue of the Canadian M cal As Leod in Coleman recently. mchuan Journal by two Mom.

Miss Olive Jelley returned from real doctors.

a very pleasant trip to N.Y. and Doctors J. E. Coffey and F. W. many parts of the United States. Wlglesworth of Montreal Chil- where she visited with relatives and friends. She spent the week- end with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. George Jelley in 0'Leary, before returning to her duties at the Bank of Nova Scotia, Summeralde.

hospital in Montreal with trichi aoala three years

dren'a Hospital cited the case of two Eskimo children brought to

ago. One of them. a seven-year-old sister re-

Page 16.1110 Guardian 'I1:lursday Oct. 4. 1956 From Trichinosis, Sqy

covered. It wasfulll that-the children, before beoarnlu Ill, hgd eaten cod's head. III lunch. raw bearded seal, raw hog and raw Arctic UOIIL

seal and black bears an know. to harbor the same trleina porn site which cauaq th dug. among pork-eaten.

"When they are short of tuna Eskimos will eat abroad any us mal, including their dogs," In. 9 ticle says. "This, combined with the fact that the meat is usually eaten either raw or half-cmkgd suggests that infection with tan china is likely to be etlnlnol."

John Moreshead who is OiI1lll03f- ed in Fredericton, N.B., spent the weekend at his home in '0'Leary

l.A.C. Verouse Sentner of Up- lands, Ontario, was a visitor to the home of his brother Mr. Percy Sentner and Mrs. Sentner, 0'- Leary on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Roland Pickering and family of Borden. were Sun- day visitors to Cape Wolfe recent- ly, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cooke and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ashley and family of Alberton, were recent visitors to the home of Mrs, Ash- ley's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur

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or Mrs. Susan liIcRae. Toronto. Ont., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McRae. Tignish.

do. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gavin,

Shea. at Tignish

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Palmer and family, were visitors to the home of Mr. Harold Palmer in Kensing- lon recently. I The Sunday School Rally was held in the 0'Leary United church on Sunday morning with a good attendance.

The Thank-offering service was held in the Bloomfield United Church on Sunday night. There was a good attendance.

'Master Paul Burleigh .and his sister Ann of Ellerslie, who have been visiting with their grand-par- ents. Mr. and Mrs. George Jelley in 0'Leary.

Mr. and Mrs. James Harris and llllllly of 0'Lear,V. were visitors to Dumbane recently, guests o f

their new home.

was held to St. Simon and St September was celebrated by the pastor Rev M.J. Rooney, assisted by the par

in her ninty-ninth year. is survlv

by three daughters: tliiidellis)

s 0'Leary, were vi it r S d to the home of Msr.oat'idq,Mra'.mWlil: hm Ellis ln.Spf'ingfleld West.

Mr. and Mrs. Don MacDonald of St. Eleanors were visitors to rel. - atives in O'Leary and vicinity re- cently, I

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Macffin. I non. 0 Leary. Ipent snnday .t me

home of their son-in-law and dnu. Elltor. Mr. Ind Mrs. Ralph Get. son in Carleton.

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dunn" gnd son Archie of Montrose. were re. cent visitors to West Devon. guests of their son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Robinson and family,

Mr. and Mrs. Ferth MacNell1

of Clscumpec. were visitors to the home of Mrs. Velda MacNelll in Knutsford and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce MacDougall in Unionvale recently. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cornish and family of Mill Road. wore visitors '0 Kelllllllfllon recently. guests of Mr. and Mrs. George. Mr. and Mrs. Earle Adams and family of Charlottetown, spent the weekend with relatives in Knots- ford and O'Leary.

Mr. Everett wood of Summer-

States, has been visiting her fath Leary and other relatives here ' two sons of Summerside, were re

cent visitors friends in West Prince.

Paul Daley also of Summerllde

0'Leary.

employed for a few months. Mr. and Mrs. William Meggison

the weekend with relatives in Knutalord recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Harris of Springfield West, were recent vis- itors to 0'Leary.

Mr. Rankin Collicult of Otlnsry, is now employed in Summeroide.

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Palmer and family of 0'Leary, were visitors to the home of Mr. and Mrs, Fred Walls In Brooklyn recently. CP.

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Important teim Ihat'a'rd

Mr. Earl Mt.-Rae and his moth-.

have moved into the home theylpegervme, recently purchased from Mrs. A.

Mrs. F.-zrdie Wedge left Tignish Wednesday, and will go to Hamil- ton, 0nt.. to meet her husband. They plan to reside there in fut- ure. Their malty Tignish friends regret seeing ihetn leave this com-' munlty, but wish them success in

Sympathy is being extended to the family of the late Mrs. Fred, P. Gaudet, Tignish, whose deathx occurred on Sunday afternoon. September 9th and whose funeral

Jude Church on the morning of llth. Requiem Mass

0 0 V , - llntlo anti

lsh choir. Mrs. Gaudet, who was

ed by two sons Fred F, Gaudet and Michael Gaudet, Tignish. and.

- Rheumatic Pain

and vicinity. She will reside in Summerslde in the near future. Mrs. Hamid Bull of the United

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Baker and M

I Isrft that justlike am

to relatives and

Mrs. Alex MacDonald of lum- mernide, accompanied by Master

were Sunday visitors to the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Jelley in

Mr. Calvin Carruthers has gone to Ontario, where he expects to be

and little son of Summerslde, spent

Mrs. Thomas Myers. Providence, R.l.; tEmmaI Mrs. Octave Gaud- et, St. Catharines, 0nt.: and (Rose) Mrs. W.J. Gaudet, Suinrnerslde. The death occurred It Prince County Hospital. Sumrnerslde, of -Mr. llerbert Mansfield, after a

Wilson Shea has returned toglon illness at the ,0; ,1, Tignish and his duties as manns- Rf... Mr. Mansfle-lg Wu er of the Tignish Fisheries I.td..i after a vacation of two weeks,He1en, who ,5 married gm, nude. spent with relatives in central Can- a

ried and is survived by one sister,

in Brighton, Mass.

Recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John J. LeClair, , was their daughter. ;Miss Yvonne. Melrose, Mass., and Mr. LeClair's two sisters, Mrs, Anna Kaulback. Melrose, Mass., and Mrs. Walter Flaherty and Mr. Flaherty, Somerville. Mass, Mr, and Mrs. Flaherty's son Robert, spent the whole summer at the LeClalr home with his uncle and aunt, and regretted very much having to return home to resume his studies the middle of Septem- ber. for Robert enjoyed every mo-

continually caused bad blocks by , . - - . breaking out of line, only to find Elmsdam .M”' germs" ('.ahm' Ail1iIrii.ilsMlslcJllsrE:Eb' ML and "'”""”"" h'"” by ”"”'”l”3 lP(llgareSlsIt:ms)llesAllII1':leFl::llIli Mrs Empress asillik of o sld vis't t 1 r t vehicles and with th g ' th i ' o- - v ' ?l' '- 2. Was a tor 0 re: Ives n or own mmic "me 3053 'l:,eh-Ii; S)t'.LEleanors and Jafk Sweet Z: heeirya.n;p!:?:n:'undag with drelat- tzbearykangi Burton. Lot 1. over memgr eary were recen vtst ors , 3 n rse an vlc- t e wee en . , HI-Id.”-bu. Adding to the confusion 5th Ar- M” '”d Ml” Charl" G”""'"" m"y' Mr. and Mrs. David Lockhart . ;&iuoanttrvnIomfoIIal1U mored. commanded by Maj.-Gen. mm” - Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas and and family of Coleman, were viI- 3'83-h""”9f'3 Bert I-Ioffmeister. kept Burns' Ml" "id M” Jam. Shannon of mu! dau-K-mar of Cascllmpeo were ltnrs to the home of Mr. and Mrs. 3" "w."'l' . ”' .' '” headquarters in ignorance of its gflalll !'(l"ll;"- 7139"" "t3c;1"t V'5(li'”" '9 C0lEmBn. guests Percy Sentner in 0'Leary on Sat- B.” " 'h,3gV”&y:h operations. passing back through- F 9 Y In 1'. e y. 059- 0 I. an Mrs. Albert Laird. urday. Mrs. Emma Gorrlll, was 5;, E. V... - d 111,," wmgmm Vlll9- Mr. and Mrs. W,N. Mgcwillj.m5, a visitor to relatives in 0'Leary one f0!'I;hh knee. rho doi'(."lvaip. Enge.rI and othu