[Homer_J_Simpson]

4 Warships Sunk (Durdin) – 2-3
Kiska Hit 4 Times in a Day from Air – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Agrigento Seized (Middleton) – 4-5
American Leaders in Sicily Listed – 5-6
British Tea Time in a Sicilian Orchard (photo) – 5
Americans Enter a Town in Sicily and Also Harvest a Land Mine Crop (photos) – 6-7
Soviet Gains Grow in Drive on Orel – 7-8
Fortresses Bomb Amsterdam, Reich – 9 The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 10-11

The News of the Week in Review
The Battle for Sicily: End of Round One (map) – 12
Triple Threat – 13-15
Pacific Blows – 15
Twenty News Questions – 16
Axis Feels the Weight of a Three-Way Attack (Baldwin) – 17
In the Southwest Pacific the Allies Retain the Initiative (map) – 19
Americans are Closing In on Munda (Durdin) – 20
Allies in Sicily Follow Path of Conquerors (Matthews) – 21
Invasion Charts the Future (Middleton) – 22
Axis Must Face New Blows (Sulzberger) – 23
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 23

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/jul1943/f18jul43.htm

British held but Allies advancing
Sunday, July 18, 1943 www.onwar.com

Canadian Sherman tank moves through Valguarnera [photo at link]

In Sicily... Americans take Caltanisetta and cut the Palermo-Enna road to the north. East of Enna, Canadian forces capture Valguarnera. On the east coast, Dempsey’s forces are stalled north of the Simeto River.

[BroJoeK]

Note that Baldwin’s analysis (page 17) makes no attempt to exaggerate the western allies’ war efforts at the expense of Soviet Russia.