RCE BATTLES FOR ROME

... pressure west and north to deepen its flanking thrusts. It has cleared path through the minefields- and barbed wire west of Monte Camino and is now on the Monte Croce heights bordering the east bank of the Garigliano River. German counter-attacks in the C ...

Published: Friday 10 December 1943
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
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EIGHTH ON THE OUTSKIRTS

... Rome. On the Fifth Army front, south of the road to Rome. British troops, after storming and capturing Monte Croce, west Monte Camino. are driving the Germans back to the east bank of the Garigliano. The flood waters of the Garigliano are now receding, ...

Published: Friday 10 December 1943
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 525 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ROME ROAD Tank Barrier Reinforced

... Infantry— with rations and ammu. In- low-flying flghter;s hold the rest ot the mi, including the crest. •roops have cleared the Monte Camino ami rst foothills except for :* age. From the time ot the call to the time it is answered takes no more than four minutes ...

Published: Friday 10 December 1943
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 989 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

U-Boats9 Failu re

... miles of motorways would cost £60,000.000 and take five to six years to build. 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: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
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GERMANS PREPARE RETREAT

... exhibition destruction and demolition. , General Clark’s troops have captured a considerable amount of war material in. tho Monte Camino heights, including guns, machineguns, mortars and ammunition. Prisoners continue to trickle in. The Germans still hold ...

Published: Friday 10 December 1943
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
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Bth ARMY THREATEN THREE TOWNS Triple Thrust Towards Port Of Pescara HILL POSITIONS GAINED BY FIFTH ARMY THE ..

... barring the road to Rome. Progress In The Mountains South of the road British troops, after capturing Monte Croce, west of Monte Camino, are driving the Germans back to the east bank of the Garigliano. The broad valley of the river offers access beyond its ...

Published: Friday 10 December 1943
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
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A RELIEF MAP SHOWING THE COUNTRY OF CENTRAL ITALY WITH COMMUNICATIONS CONVERGING ON ROME, INCLUDING ROADS,

... heaviest artillery concentration known so far in the war, blasted the enemy by bayonet charges out ot their positions on Monte Camino, which towers 2800 ft. above the road near Mignano, and opened a deep breach into the enemy winter line. American troops ...

Published: Saturday 11 December 1943
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 216 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

Haul Of Enemy Equipment

... WAY OUT” ♦ GERMAN REPORTS Karl Praegncr, German News Agency military correspondent, said last night that in the area of Monte Camino the last German rearguards have fought their way out to the nearest bend of the Garigliano river after repelling American ...

Published: Saturday 11 December 1943
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
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IN BEND

... Krivoi Rog said last night that in the area the last the defensive stand north of 1 Russian forces fight their way German Monte Camino German rearguards have fought m9p. ,along the Ingulets Valley General Clark's Fifth Army 1 ;towsard the junction. their ...

Published: Saturday 11 December 1943
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1346 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DAY-TODAY DIARY OF THE WAR

... the Chernyakhov sector of the Kiev salient, where he forced the Russians to yield some ground. The Fifth Army captured Monte Camino, and are mopping up pockets of resistance on Monte Maggiore. Rain fel! steadily the east of Italy, where- the Eighth Army ...

Published: Saturday 11 December 1943
Newspaper: Cheltenham Chronicle
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 794 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MORE MOMENTOUS MEETINGS

... stant counter-attacks. They have yet to win their way into the valley. At the time of writing the Fifth Army had captured Monte Camino, and were mopping up pockets of resistance on Monte Maggiore. The War Office announced on Wed- nesday night that the Army ...

Published: Saturday 11 December 1943
Newspaper: Staffordshire Advertiser
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 354 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

WAR DIARY

... Russian threat to Znamenka increased by partial envelopment. Germans made ground in desperate attacks in Kiev salient. Monte Camino heights and village captured. Six Jap ships sunk in heavy raid on Marshall Islands. Thursday, December 9. Further advances ...

Published: Saturday 11 December 1943
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 373 | Page: 4 | Tags: none