DISAPPOINTINGLY SLOW
GENERAL ALEXANDER'S OPINION
(Rec. 11 a.m.) RUGBY, November a. There was no indication that the Germans had the slightest intention of withdrawing from Italy, said General Alexander, according to a Rome correspondent. The Allied commander gave the impression he was confident the Germans would be driven out of the country. He did not forecast any date.
He revealed that the time for opening the western front was fixed -last autumn, and his task was two-fold — to destroy as many German divisions as possible and to produce a first class victory before the invasion of the Continent was launched. Rome fell the day before D-Day. Saying he was " rather disappointed" at the average rate of progress of one and a-quarter miles a day, compared with four and a-half miles a day from El Alamein to Florence.. General Alexander, however, replied to criticism that more amphibious operations should have been undertaken by declaring that neither the men nor the landing craft were available.
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Evening Star, Issue 25324, 4 November 1944, Page 7
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