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... Front reporter has just described for Germans at home what he called the failure of the third British attempt to capture Monte Camino. This, he said, had been carried out by the Grenadier Guards and, when they had been wiped out, the Royal Scots and ...

Published: Wednesday 01 December 1943
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 677 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

MOUNTAIN RIDGES STORMED EN DARKNESS

... tttKlSIUFHfcK BUCKLEY , Correspo Moxie Camixo Sector . Fifth Army Froxt , Friday Xight ( delayed . )—Pushing up ihe slopes of Monte Camino in the darkness of sn overcast sky , British troops of the Fifth Army last night and in the early hours of tr . is morning ...

Published: Monday 06 December 1943
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 908 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

RATIONS FROM THE AIR

... g the Liri Valley in addition to the heights of Mount Maggiore itself, Fierce fighting for hil] passes on Maggiore and Monte Camino continues. . o The captured peaks are being mopped up. ~ The Germans are fighting stubbornly in rocky burrows at isolated ...

Published: Monday 06 December 1943
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 215 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

To Prevent Retreat

... Germans from retreating, cables Reuter's correspondent with the Fifth Army. _ Fierce fighting for hil! masses on Maggiore and Monte Camino continues. The captured peaks are being mopped up. The Germans are fighting stubbortCy in rocky burrows at isolated resistance ...

Published: Monday 06 December 1943
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 60 | Page: 8 | 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

WARSHIPS AGAIN “EIGHTH'S” ADVANCE

... Fifth Army is sharpening its threat to the complete German line. 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: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 505 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

BRITISH TANKS PUSH ON TOWARDS PESCARA

... point. The Gariglione River has reached a width of mile in several places* Gertnan News Agency admitted last night that at Monte Camino American troops had gained some ground. south-east of Invaders and Warha fie lds 11 3. night attack on 1 and Rome. erS ...

Published: Wednesday 08 December 1943
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 512 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

A. and S.H. THERE

... portion of the 25 square miles battlefield where lighting went on for s. British troops yesterday captured the summit of Monte Camino and surged down the western slopes to capture three villages, Camino, Cocuruzzo. and Acqua Pendola—less than three miles ...

Published: Thursday 09 December 1943
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 314 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

EIGHTH ARMY SPEARHEAD REACHES OUTSKIRTS OF ORTONA

... of the 25 square miles battlefield, where fighting went on for days. VILLAGES TAKEN. British troops captured the summit Monte Camino and surged down the western slopes to capture three villages-—Camino, Cocuruzzo, and Acqua Pendola —less than three miles ...

Published: Thursday 09 December 1943
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 608 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

EIGHTH ARMY ONLY EIGHT MILES FROM PESCARA

... over-all picture is one slow but steady progress through heavily-defended mountain terrain. MONTE CAMINO CLEARED. British troops have cleared the whole of Monte Camino and its south-west foothills, except for the tiny village Rocca d'Evandre, four miles south-west ...

Published: Friday 10 December 1943
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 869 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MIGNANO GAP THREAT

... low-flying fighter-bombers—hold the rest of the mountain, including the crest. British troops have cleared the whole of Monte Camino and its south-west foothills except for the tiny village of Rocca d’Evandre, four miles south-west of Mignano and two miles ...

Published: Friday 10 December 1943
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 278 | Page: 5 | Tags: none