GERMANS ON THE RUN
DECLARATION BY GENERAL MONTGOMERY BUT WAR NOT NEARLY OVER YET. WILL BE CARRIED INTO REICH. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) RUGBY, September 16. “We have the Germans on the run, and we will carry the war into Germany,” said General Montgomery, at Canadian Headquarters in Italy. Commenting on the great change in the war situation in the past two months, General Montgomery said: “Germany began her Russian offensive after we landed in Sicily. Now the Russians have them on the run, and we have them on the run here. On the day this army landed on the mainland, on that day Italy unconditionally surrendered and armistice terms were signed. The Eighth Army has played a great part in knocking Italy out of the war, and in the last two months a very great part. In these great events the Canadians have played a great part. “We must not feel that because Italy is out of the war, it is nearly over. That would be a great mistake. The war will not be over until we have carried it to the homeland of Germany. That we will do without a shadow of doubt—we will carry the war to Germany.” General Montgomery recalled that the Canadian troops formed part of the army he commanded in England a year and a half ago, and said: “I feel that I played a small part in helping that corps and your group to prepare itself for battle. I used to feel that when the time came for it'to go into battle, I should like it to do so under my command. So when you came out here it was a greft day for me.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 September 1943, Page 3
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