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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

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... Two up to this beginner; intermediate shifield. and two going on to the highest point. Plateau Rosa. in the shadow of Monte Camino - the PA attarhorn. . kar;hume Farm gm so , . . . . , . , . . A ; , . i- .. 14 - • • - • • •‘ ' - • • • _ ..1. • . ...

Published: Thursday 31 December 1981
Newspaper: Staffordshire Newsletter
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 119 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

1 talian Campaign

... many of the now historic battles. tocluding the 'crels:ing of the :Volturno, the battle of the S;4ngro. the ba,ttles fur Monte Camino, the crossing of the gatighano. the battles of Cassino. and the smashing of the Gustav and Adolf Hitler . lines During ...

Published: Monday 06 August 1945
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 153 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

“FIFTH” TIGHTENS HOLD ON HEIGHTS Bth “closed in action” the capture Mount Camlno summit, announced yesterday. ..

... tightening their grip on the heights overlooking the Liri Valley and the road to Rome. The enemy has been driven from all Monte Camino except one village. David Brown, ifeuter’s correspondent at North African H.Q., says that the Americans have cleared the ...

Published: Thursday 09 December 1943
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 533 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BRITISH RETAKE A

... enemy pockets of resistance the mountain massifs near the centre of the Fifth Army front. “We have captured the summit of Monte Camino, giving our troops observation over enemy positions. Several villages were won. Hard fighting is continuing.” ...

Published: Wednesday 08 December 1943
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 203 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE BENEDICTINE CENTENARY

... the 14th centenary of the birth of St. Benedict, the founder of the monks of the West, • high festival is being kept at Monte Camino, Subject), and the Benedictine churches of Rome. The Abbey of Mont* Cessino and the village of San Germano beneath have ...

Published: Friday 09 April 1880
Newspaper: Nuneaton Chronicle
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 243 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Cassino Battles

... was disclosed yesterday. The regiment also shared in the bitter fighting in the Salerno landing, on the Volturno and on Monte Camino. Canadian casualties in Sicily and Itadv up to January 8 comprised 1,354 dead, 229 missing, eighty-six prisoners and 4 ...

Published: Tuesday 15 February 1944
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 255 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

TO-NIGHT'S RADIO MIDLAND HOME THE LIGHT SERVICE PROGRAMME e'Md.2m.) (1,500 m. and 261.1 m.) &O—Children's Bow. ..

... dreme. Worland in The Maass- 11.11--Joy Nichois. Dick Benttery.' Story of the men vibe bey. and Jimmy =wards la fought at Monte Camino la yoke It Prom Rem' some of the moot hitter S3o—Curtain Alastair battles of the war. Duncan Malice Afore-9.o—Time and ...

Published: Tuesday 08 November 1949
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 304 | Page: 2 | 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

sth TAKE KEY Bth 9 MILES PESCARA

... Coccaruzzo. and beyond Camino the Allies have taken the western slopes of Monte Maggiore. Tables turned Monastery Ridge, on Monte Camino. where the tide of The Fifth Army is over the hurnp in its battles through Mount Maggiorc and Mount Camino guarding the ...

Published: Wednesday 08 December 1943
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 421 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

IVfIORE progress by the sth and Bth Armies to-day’s communique from General E have reached the River Moro line ..

... the Liri Valley, in addition to the heights of Mount Maggiore itself! Fierce fighting for hill masses on Maggiore and Monte Camino continues. The captured peaks are being mopped up. The Germans are fighting stubbornly In rocky burrows at resistance ...

Published: Monday 06 December 1943
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 495 | Page: 1 | 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