ALLIED GAINS
ON BOTH MAIN SECTORS IN ITALY BITTER FIGHTING IN HIGH MOUNTAINS HOPES OF GERMAN PRISONERS (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.2 a.m.) RUGBY, December 10. A war correspondent at Allied Headquarters says the Canadian advance towards Pescara is continuing in some cases through intensive enemy defences, and the original bridgehead established by General Montgomery's men has been increased. The enemy is employing his usual tactics in retirement, putting to the flames villages he is unable to hold. Speaking of fighting on the Fifth Army front, the correspondent mentioned the capture of the village of Rocca D’Avandara, which has cleared the eastern bank of the Garigliano from that point to the mouth of the river and added: “Our troops have thus, after nine days of hard fighting, captured most of the high ground on the Rome-Capua Road. Bad weather has again hampered fighting. In some cases our troops had to be supplied by air. Bitter hand to hand encounters took place and often clouds were so low on the 3,000 foot peaks that our men could not distinguish friend from foe. From these, high features, now that the weather has cleared, we overlook the entire valley of the river north of the road and south-west of Vetrano. Out troops have captured very important high ground. Enemy material captured consists of two 88 millimetre guns, five 75s (probably captured French guns), 30 machineguns, a large amount of transport, and mines—all in good condition. All this was captured at Mqssalavalle. Among the prisoners taken were some of the Hermann Goering Division, who once more have been severely cut up.” German front line soldiers pin their hopes of victory on a great German offensive next spring, says an Associated Press correspondent with the Fifth Army. They believe that Germany is husbanding her forces for a last desperate attack aimed at smashing the tightening Allied steel ring. Prisoners told American officers that the present shortages of food and war supplies were due to the fact that they were being saved for the great offensive.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 December 1943, Page 4
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