CHASE IN FOGGIA
German Engineers Run Into Trouble (Received September 30, 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 30. Reuter’s correspondent with the Eighth Army says that a wild west drama was enacted in Foggia on Tuesday when five German parachutist engineers in two cars loaded with explosives drove into the town to carry out a few final demolitions, not. knowing that it was already occupied by British forces. Many British infantrymen were cooking an evening meal on the pavement over petrol fires. “They look like Germans,” said one as the cars passed. A shot rang out. Some shouted: “They are Germans.” Then 'began a wild chaso through the town. One car crashed into the ruins of the former Fascist headquarters when the driver was hit. The second car crashed into a lamp-post as British officers shooting from windows picked off the driver. The only other casualty was an Italian civilian who was killed by a burst from a German submachinegun.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 5, 1 October 1943, Page 5
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158CHASE IN FOGGIA Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 5, 1 October 1943, Page 5
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