Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1943 — Page 20

to . Eliminate Ribar Forces Before Allied Invasion Blow. ee En GHALI s oh ne ~The Nazis, oby impressed: by the possibilof ‘an allied landing on the DaldD coast or somewhere ih the 8 before the end of March, : decided to eliminate at least the strongest group. of Jugoslav partisans . before ‘that date. Their all-out of~.

fensive, launched ba

at the end of January, is now developing into three directions; saccording to the

mn is advancing along the Zagrebgrade railroad, which has been at several points by partisans, d is permanently threatefled by

d from the river Sava in the ection of the partisans’ capital, atch. A third, setting out. from greb, threatens Bihatch from the

though ‘furious’ combat: is At in these three regions between ® advancing German forces and

“The tes” ‘nag by no means yet

Mallans Aren't Helping The strange feature of the pres#nt fighting is that Italian troops re not taking part in it, leaving 2 whole job to their Nazi allies. an losses, as disclosed yesterfor the “Balkans and other ocjpied territory,” are due, these reles say, to partisan action along ie Dalmatian coast and in the ren north of Fiume.: > strength of the Nazi forces

is estimated here at eight divisions, of which five have been grrisoned in Croatia for some time, hile three newly formed divisions Fe composed partly of Germans, partly of Croatian followers of Ante gvelic. The latter include a large goportion of Croatian workers sent Germany by Pavelic in the ng of 1942 but’ recalled by him h German permission - last mn. These workers reportedly tived military instruction under man officers and are now beed trustworthy enough to be mployed against their own counfymen.

Nazis Have Beiter Arms :

, and two other partisan ps fighting on his side, have in the field five: organized ades” totaling,

ed by the knowledge of the tainous region they are fightg in, these men cannot compete ith their opponents in arms and plies. at will be the final result of offensive cannot yet be preed, but official Jugoslav. circles p today are far from optimistic.

lages Destroyed, Populace Shot

e Germans are applying in atia methods of total warfare h deprive the partisans of most their chances. Villages which ded the patriots shelter and are now being methodically troyed and neighboring regions gid waste while the population is

Bosnia; where the new method: first applied, more than 80 cent of the villages have dispared. It is estimated in Jugo= av circles here that should this hlessness be applied to territory controlled by Ivan Ribar, 250,inhabitants would lost their s, Partisans will be faced with tragic dilemma of either laying n their arms or ‘being the cause of the death of their wives and children. “Gen. Draja Mikhailovitch, who was terday decorated by Fighting h Gen. Charles de Gaulle for “sublime patriotism,” is not inved in the present, fighting, acding to the most reliable in¥mation. His poltical enemies go far as to say that the latest deordering “civil disobedience” in whole middle south of Jugoemanates from London and from the general himself.

JOSIER ON STAFF OF ERIN HOSPITAL

: Bk, 1943, by The Indianapolis Time ND ONDERRY, Northern Ire= Feb, 12. — Along with its medical work among United uejackets, - marines and

a “eorps’ hospital here. is do-

did job administering to ow allied merchant sea-

brought in from" the babtle of

, Byron P. Davis of Mill Valley, and his executive officer, Henry H. Wesco of Roan- , Supervise the medical unit | been responsible for sav-

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