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HARD FIGHTING

ON APPROACHES TO NAPLES GERMANS WRECKING CITY APPARENTLY AS PRELUDE TO RETREAT. ALLIES BLOCKADING COAST OF CORSICA. LONDON, September 23. The Germans appear to be systematically wrecking Naples. At least 30 ships have been scuttled. This seems to indicate that they do not expect to hold up the Allied advance in this area. A correspondent says the fighting in the mountains on the approaches to Naples is very tough. The Germans, harried at every turn, are blowing up bridges and laying mines in our path. The terrain is worse than the battlegrounds of Sicily or Tunisia. The Fifth and Eighth armies are moving forward in close co-ordination. Italian ships of all types are still arriving at Malta. There are 65 there at present, including many merchant ships. Many have left for other ports. The eastern coast of Corsica is being blockaded by Allied naval and air forces. Mitchell bombers attacked shipping between Bostia and Leghorn and claimed hits on five ships. Allied forces are increasing their pressure on the Germans falling back to the northeastern corner. TRIESTE ENTERED BY YUGOSLAV PATRIOTS. POPULATION CO-OPERATING AGAINST GARRISON. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 10.40 a.m.) RUGBY, September 23. Slovene shock troops of the Yugoslav partisan army have penetrated into Trieste, where, supported by the population, they are engaged in street fighting against the German garrison, states a Yugoslav special communique.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19430924.2.20

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 September 1943, Page 3

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230

HARD FIGHTING Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 September 1943, Page 3

HARD FIGHTING Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 September 1943, Page 3

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