5th ARMY TAKES THREE MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS

... overlooking the Liri valley, addition ti the heights of Mount Maggiore itself. Fierce fighting for hill masges on Maggiore and Monte Camino continues. Captured peaks are being mopped up. The Germans are fighting stubbornly in rocky burrows at isolated resistance ...

Published: Monday 06 December 1943
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1081 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BATTLE FOR KEY TO ROME Army Climbs Mule Track In Rain Torrents

... They tried to sleep rolled blankets or greatcoats in tone shallow -groove scraped in the rocky But most of the fighting Monte Camino has been done night and no one could sleep within a couple of miles then great artillery barrages. It has been question ...

Published: Monday 06 December 1943
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1944 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Mopping Up the Peaks

... overlooking the Liri Valley in addition to their heights of Mount Maggiore itself Fierce fighting for hill passes Maggiore and Monte Camino continues.- The captured peaks are mopped up. The Germans are fiahtincr stubbornly m rocky burrows at isolated resistance ...

Published: Monday 06 December 1943
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 530 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Bth ARMY NOW AT MORO LINE

... points in the line which the Germans hoped would serve to cover Rome during the winter. The capture of Monte Maggiore and Monte Camino constituted a serious outflanking thrust. The sth Army has captured three more heights the battle against the German positions ...

Published: Monday 06 December 1943
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 435 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DEATHS

... important observation point on Monte Maggiore gives the Fifth Army control of most of the strategic heights there and on Monte Camino. The Eighth has crossed the flooded Moro river, with armour, ten miles north of the Sangro. The Eighth got their tanks ...

Published: Tuesday 07 December 1943
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 4367 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

EIGHTH ARMY WITH TANKS FORCES MORO CROSSING New Advance Towards Trans-Italy Rome Road FIFTH CAPTURES SEVERAL ..

... Monte Magiore and Monte Camino. John Talbot cabled this afternoon that, with the capture by the I Americans of another height on Monte Maggiore. the Fifth Army now holds most of the strategic heights in the Monte Maggiore and Monte Camino areas. North of ...

Published: Tuesday 07 December 1943
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 892 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

EIGHTH ARMY ACROSS MORO WITH ARMOUR

... up in the Orsogna sector. On the Fifth Army front heavy fighting continues along the whole 25-square mile sector in the Monte Camino and Monte Maggiore area, below the Mignano Gap. Among the highlights on the Fifth Army front was the capture by the Americans ...

Published: Tuesday 07 December 1943
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 636 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

8th ARMY CROSS MORO WITH TANKS

... Moro River in ham- Paring j heavy mists. the Fifth Army front heavy fighting continues along the whole 25 square mile the Monte Camino and Monte area, below the Mignano gap. Among the highlights on the Fifth Army I*j°nt was the capture by the Americans on ...

Published: Tuesday 07 December 1943
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 542 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

8 th ARMY IN STRENGTH . ON MORO RIVER-100 Square Miles of Territory Captured in Ten Days 5 th BATTLING FOR ' ..

... threat to the German line ( says a Reuter message from Algiers . ) Troops on the five positions seized on the heights of Monte Camino and Maggiore now imperil the Mignano gap with an outflanking move . Steady pressure is being maintained against the mountain ...

Published: Tuesday 07 December 1943
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1258 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MORO RIVER

... the Moro River with armour. On the Fifth Army front heavy fighting continues along the whole 25 square mile sector in the Monte Camino and Monte Maggiore area, below the Magnano Gap. battle was maintained, but on a reduced scale owing to bad weather. On ...

Published: Tuesday 07 December 1943
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 539 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

8th ARMY'S TANKS ACROSS MORO RIVER

... River, as '|t lts northern bank.] # ARMY'S PROGRESS Fifth Army front Mil? htin g con tinues along v'n 25 sc uare niile secu Monte Camino and a ggiore area, below sHano gap. the highlights on V Was the capture ' Americans on Mount XT* of another £ fortified ...

Published: Tuesday 07 December 1943
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 664 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

EIGHTH REPORTED OVER MORO RIVER

... mountains and hills in the areas of Monte Maggiore and Monte Camino are in our hands. On the Fifth Army front, says TALBOT, heavy fighting continues along the whole 25 square mile sector the Monte Camino and Monte Maggiore area, below the Mignano gap. The ...

Published: Tuesday 07 December 1943
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 535 | Page: 8 | Tags: none