ALLIES FREE ITALIANS
HOSTAGES IN MONASTERY Rec. 10.30 a.m. LONDON, July 25. Allied troops have freed the Italian civilians who were held as hostages in the St. Übaldo monastery at Giibbio. The Germans held the civilians to prevent the Allies shelling the monastery, which they used as an observation point for artillery.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 175, 26 July 1944, Page 5
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