LIGHT NAVAL FORCES
ACTIVE OFF WEST COAST OF ITALY. CONDITIONS ON LAND FRONTS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, November 24. “British trpops have occupied Alfedena, 14 miles north-west of Isernia,” Allied Headquarters states. “There is little improvement in the weather, which has continued to hamper operations. Enemy artillery has been active on the Fifth Army ’ front. The Eighth Army has made more progress in the central sector and occupied Alfedena. The village had been destroyed by the enemy. Further north, where heavy rain fell, there is little change. “Light coastal craft of the Allied navies are again active. Off the west coast of Italy on Sunday night theysank a lighter laden with petrol, near Leghorn. Yesterday fighters bombed motor transport in Albania. Other operations were prevented by bad weather. On Monday night light bombers attacked motor transport between Ortona and Pescara.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 November 1943, Page 3
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145LIGHT NAVAL FORCES Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 November 1943, Page 3
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