NEW GERMAN TACTICS

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 13428, 15 April 1944, Page 3

NEW GERMAN TACTICS

FLOATING MINES IN

RIVER

ACTIVITY IN GARIGLIANO SECTOR London, April 13. The Germans are employing new tactics along the Allied left flank on the Tyrrhenian coast. Enemy forces there, guarding the Liri Valley route to Rome, have apparently begun to lay mines in the River Liri, which is a tributary of the Garigliano. They are planning to float mines down the Liri into the Garigliano against the Allied bridgeheads. These minelaying attempts follow the opening of the floodgates of the Liri Valley in order to unleash floods over the low-lying levels around the Garigliano itself. Allied reconnaissance spotted the minelaying, whereupon our guns and mortars were soon pumping hundreds of shells into the area. The Germans in the lower Garigliano are showing a more aggressive spirit. They are reacting sharply to Allied reconnaissance along the whole Tyrrhennian front, says Reuters correspondent at Allied Headquarters in Italy. Allied gunners fired on Germans who were observed apparently mining. the Garigliano.