FEARED BY GERMANS
Fifth Army Barrages LONDON, October 17. The number of German -prisoners being taken is increasing. ' Some of those brought in today said that they had served in (Russia. They were all about 20 years Oif age, poorly clad, shocked, and hungry. They declared that the Fifth Army’s artillery barrages were worse than anything they had experienced on the Soviet front.
A correspondent says: “German prisoners whom I saw brought in from the foothills five miles north of the river were severely shaken and were undoubtedly glad to 'be out of the fight. Near where I am writing 50 German prisoners were captured after they had been outflanked. They had orders to fight to the last man. The Fifth 'Army’s commanders were prepared to light the Germans to a standstill in getting across the Volturno, ami a battle lasting fully a week was half expected before we would have sufficient riverheads to enable us to stay on the other side. The German resistance, along the whole river bank was definitely broken -within the" first 24 hours.”
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 20, 19 October 1943, Page 5
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178FEARED BY GERMANS Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 20, 19 October 1943, Page 5
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