The London Letter

... 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

FIGHTING THROUGH ITALY

... hills and the high-pitched towns lying further apart. This main fighting has taken place on the south-eastern slopes of the Monte Camino, 3,000 ft. in height. The main position lay about 27 miles south of Mignano. There tho Gormans had dug themselves in were ...

Published: Saturday 04 December 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 935 | Page: 17 | Tags: Illustrations 

North cf Mignano

... the mountainous area to the north of Monte Camino. Both British and American troops are engaged tn this attack, which, hammering both flanks of the German defences blocking access to the Capua-Rome highway. Monte Camino stands like sentinel at the entrance ...

Published: Saturday 04 December 1943
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 161 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE JUNGLE

... cables David Brown. Reuter's Special Correspondent. Short advances have b ...

Published: Saturday 04 December 1943
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1384 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

IMPORTANT POSITIONS TAKEN

... Army gains are two miles deep at some attack points. Short advances have been made in the mountainous area to the north of Monte Camino. Both British and American troops are engaged in this attack, which is hammering both flanks of the German defences; blocking ...

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

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

Fierce German Resistance on Latest Water Barrier FIFTH ARMY DEEP INTO ENEMY'S CENTRAL STRONGHOLDS

... miles ahead of Oen. Montgomery's men. GRIM GOING. The Fifth Army is now fighting fiercely for hill masses on Maggiore and Monte Camino. The Germans are defencLuig stubbornly. in rocky burrows at Isolated resistance strongpoints. Elsewhere on the Fifth Army ...

Published: Monday 06 December 1943
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 846 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

RIVER LINE ALLIES CONTINUE

... Queenborough and =Raider sank an enemy merchantman east of Pescara. FOR til Fierce fighting for hill masses on Maggiore and Monte Camino continues on the Fifth Army front. American invader aircraft nave dropped emergency rations to troops fighting on Mouite ...