DEEPER WEDGE
BRITISH IN THE APENNINES.
IN SNOW-CLAD MOUNTAINS.
THREAT TO VITAL ROADS. (N.Z. Press Association —Copyright.) (Rec. 10.35 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 15. The Bth Army, pushing through snowswept mountain gullies, -has driven its central wedge deeper into the German positions in the nines. The British are on the road which by-passes Rome. General Sir Bernard Montgomery’s left wing advanced another two miles and seized heights covering the Castel di Sangro - Alfedena road junction. These two important enemy defence towns are only four miles ahead of the Sth Army’s spearheads. Fires have been observed, suggesting demolitions before their evacuation. The towns control two roads running north —the one through Castel di Sangro being the main central Italy road, which eventually joins the RomePescara road. Nearer the Adriatic coast the Sth Army units which captured Atessa are again advancing. British 25-pounders have been shelling the Germans from the south hank of tl;e Garigliano River. A number of ‘brisk artillery duels took place.
The Germans are fiercely resisting the Americans’ advance north-west of Venafro.
Enemy planes thus far captured or destroyed on the ground in liberated Italy total 1402.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 31, 16 November 1943, Page 3
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