Sappers sweeping roads for mines before allowing vehicles to enter town of Regalbuto ( west of Palermo).  1943   P0496

For First Publication Evenings, Fr. Aug 20, 1943

British official photo. No. BNA 5574 (WA), War Office Photo. Crown Copyright reserved. (Picture issued August 1943.)

Combined artillery- air strafing drove Germans from Regalbuto.

British Infantry made a series of night assaults against the Town of Regalbuto (west of Catania and Palermo) with heavy air bombardment (mostly American) and artillery bombardment in support. In the morning it was found that this had driven German troops out of the town except for a few snipers. Royal Engineers entered searching for mines and booby traps as they went.

Photo shows, Sappers sweeping the roads for mine before allowing vehicles to proceed into the town.