- Title: Closing stages of the last battle in Africa
- Date: 27th May 1943
- Summary: SLATE INFORMATION: Victory in Africa First Pictures from Cape Bon AFRICA: Cape Bon Peninsula: EXT AEROPLANE R.A.F. U.S. Army Air Force w. R.A.F. in FLYING FORTRESSES over Sicilian Channel..B.17. w. tail turret shot away AEROPLANES AMERICAN w.R.A.F. in FLYING FORTRESSES over Sicilian Channel..B.17. w. tail turret shot away FREYBERG. Maj Gen.B.C. V.C. G.O.C. N.Z.E.F Introduces Marshal Messe to Montgomery in N.Africa GERMAN MILITARY Von Arnim at airport en route to England..smiling Germans captured at Cape Bon..picked up by R.Navy off coast..dead German by side of boat ITALY - Military. Marshal Messe surrenders to 8th Army..introduced to Gen. Montgomery by Gen. Freybourg MESSE MARSHAL (ITALIAN) Surrenders to 8th Army..w. Gen.Montgomery Military British FIRST PICTURES FROM CAPE BON..prisoners taken, smiling Germans..deserted gun & searchlight positions.. Marshal Messe surrenders to 8th Army..Gen. Freybourg introduces Messes to Gen. Montgomery..von Arnim at airport in N.A. en route to England MONTGOMERY LT.GENERAL w. Marshal Messe when he surrenders to 8th Army at Cape Bon NAVAL Destroyer on patrol off CAPE BON..navy bombard.. escaped German prisoners picked up..of board w. Br: crew..take prisoners back to N.A. for internment.. dead German in water beside boat PRISONERS OF WAR. Prisoners taken at CAPE BON.(Germans)..looking happy..Marshal Messe surrenders..w.Gen.Montgomery..& Gen. von Arnim at airport SHIPPING BATTLER miniature aircraft carrier..Planes on deck, crews go to gun stations..adjusting torpedoe on plane SURVIVORS. Germans picked up in boats & from water when Cape Bon falls VON ARNIM COLONEL GENERAL (German) At airport in North Africa before coming England Military - Active setback, US army airforce, Italian islands, flying, airplanes, Italian targets, North Africa, antiaircraft, B17, Sicilian Channel, docks and shipping World War II, Second World War
- Embargoed: 11th June 1943 14:00
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- Country: Africa
- Topics: Defence / Military
- Reuters ID: LVAATS7PXCUXG044BY56U5V7JZYM
- Story Text: Surrender at the Cape Bon peninsula and US Army Airforce attacks Italian targets over Palermor
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