NORTH OF CASSINO
ITALIAN TROOPS' SUCCESS
Rec. noon. t 0Italian troops fighting with the Allies have captured Picinisco, eleven miles north of Cassino. This is .the first forward move north of Cassmo since the present offensive began. Reuters correspondent says that Frosinone is now directly threatened by the converging Eighth and Fifth Army; forces. The renewal of the Eighth Army drive down Highway 6 in the direction of Frosinone was made possible by the capture of Mount Grande and Mount Piccolo, which the Guards Brigade wrested from fanatical paratroops after repeated attacks and counter-attacks.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1944, Page 5
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94NORTH OF CASSINO Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1944, Page 5
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