UP RHONE VALLEY

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 284, 28 August 1944, Page 5

UP RHONE VALLEY

Allied Southern Drive (Received August fit", 8 p.m.) [LONDON, August 26. ' In southern France, the Allied forces driving through alpine country are close to the Italian border. Algiers radio reports that the. Allies have captured more than. 30,000 prisoners hi southern France. . . Reuter’s correspondent in southern France states: “General Fatehs main American-French invasion forces are now driving straight up the Rhone valley after the triple capture of Arles, Tarascon and Avignon. Steel-fingered spearheads which had been steadily westward along the 60-mile beach-head have turned, northward into the interior of France and reached Avignon, an important road network town. The Amern cans also reached Sault. , A communique from the headquarters of the French Forces of the Interior reports that the F.F.I. in the last few days has liberated the following towns: Mont du Marson, Carmaux, Albi, Aix les Bains, Gueret, Concarneau and Foix. The Germans under pressure from resistance forces, were forced to withdraw from the Tarentaise Valley (m Savoy, on the Italian frontier). . • A communique from the military dele"'ite in southern France. General Gochet, snrs that, the F.F.I. liberated Nimes, Montpellier and Carcassonne. lhe 1' At. I. have made contact with the American military authorities in the Maritime Alps and the region round Grenoble. Reuter’s correspondent at Mediterranean headquarters says, a battleship and two cruisers on Friday bombarded German/ positions at Marseilles. I’oui cruisers fired 516 rounds against coastal batteries south of Toulon.