BRINGING BACK THE WOUNDED During the determined battle for Monte Camino, vital barrier on the Allied road to ..

... BRINGING BACK THE WOUNDED During the determined battle for Monte Camino, vital barrier on the Allied road to Rome, stretcher-bearers had to struggle through a hail of mortar fire and through torrential rain Op the three-miles-high mountain to rescue wounded ...

Published: Friday 17 December 1943
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 58 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HARD FIGHTING

... HARD FIGHTING Monte Camino Vantage Point To-day's Allied communique says:— LAND On the Btli Army front aetlon was continued against the enemy generally along the line the Moro Kiver In the coastal sector. Progress was made m spite of enemy counter-attacks ...

Published: Wednesday 08 December 1943
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 97 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

soldier's bravery remembered

... earned them in the bitter battle at Monte Camino in Italy in Decemher, 1943, will be paying a special visit the exhibition. The medals were awarded posthumously to Private John Tancred for his bravery at Monte Camino. on the night of 4th December, 1943 ...

Published: Friday 07 August 1970
Newspaper: Cheshire Observer
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 122 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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

WA= 02 akotea ALLIED GAINS IN ITALY

... WA= 02 akotea ALLIED GAINS IN ITALY Fifth Army Captures Monte Camino NAVAL GUNS COVER ADVANCE OF EIGHTH ARMY LONDON, Dec. B.—General Mark Clark's Fifth Army have conquered Monte Camino, the mountain stronghold of the German forces barring the westward ...

THE TWIN OFFENSIVE IN ITALY: The Attacks on the Eighth and Fifth Army Fronts--The Latest Pictures from the ..

... ARTILLERY IN ACTION BY NIGHT The bombardment by 25-pounders of the Royal Artillery at the start of the big offensive around Monte Camino As the hour for the opening of the new offensive by the Fifth Army drew near, every officer and man was told the plans ...

Published: Saturday 25 December 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 346 | Page: 6 | Tags: Photographs 

MAN RETREAT

... exhibition of destruction and demolition. General Clark's troops have captured a considerable amount of war material in the Monte Camino heights, including gu• machineguns. mortars, and ammunition. Prisoners continue to trickle in. ...

Published: Friday 10 December 1943
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 39 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

TANK BATTLE

... Americans of another height on Monte Maggiore, the Fifth Army now hold most of the strategic heights in the Monte Maggiore and Monte Camino area, writes Reuter's special correspondent. The Eighth Army has crossed the Moro River—ten miles north of the Sangro—with ...