ALL QUIET

Grey River Argus, 1 May 1944, Page 5

ALL QUIET

ON ITALIAN FRONTS Except for Air Activity 8.0.W. (Rec. 6.30) RUGBY, April 29. On Saturday all sectors of the front were quiet in Italy says an Allied land communique. Patrols were active.

The Allied air communique stated: On F'riday, the west coast ports, Piombino, Orbetello, and San Stefano were attacked by medium forces of heavy bombers. Medium bombers resumed an attack on rail communications, striking at bridges at Orvieto, Incisa and Agezzo. Light fighterbombers attacked supply dumps, gun positions and rail targets. Fighters maintained battle line patrols. “On Friday night Allied medium bombers attacked Genoa and other ports on the west coast of Italy. There was no enemy air activity reported over the battle area during daylight. Five enemy aircraft were destroyed. Eleven of the Allied planes are missing.” Patrol jabs continue in - the Anzio beach-head’area, according to Reuter. Allied tanks, three miles south-west of Cisterna, supported one jab and tne patrol returned without a casualty and with six prisoners. LieutenantGeneral Mark Clark is reported to have further improved the perimeter positions and cleared out German outnosts four miles north-west of Littoria. / A Naples correspondent says: German prisoners taken in the Anzio bridgehead now exceed four thousand. Fifth Army anti-aircraft artillery had destroyed 426 enemy planes from the beginning of the Italian campaign to last Saturday, including 186 shot down in the bridgehead. Effectiveness of the antiaircraft defences forced the Germans to abandon daylight air attacks. Their night losses have reached 30 to 45 per cent. The first salvo one night destroyed five out of twelve raiding aircraft.