ITALIAN CAMPAIGN

Grey River Argus, 15 August 1944, Page 5

ITALIAN CAMPAIGN

WID.E ALLIED AIR RAIDS

(Rec. 12.40) LONDON', Aug. 14. Monday’s Allied communique from Italy states: Sniping is decreasing in Florence. A.M.G.'O.T. officials are now able to get water and medical supplies lo the civilian population. Active patrolling continues on the remainder of the front. Strong forces of escorted heavy bombers on Sunday attacked bridges and military installations in southern France and north-western Italy. Escorting fighters strafed ground installations. Other heavy bombers attacked enemy troop concentrations. F’.E.C. fighterbombers attacked an airfield at Monte Limar. Tactical planes continued attacks against military objectives in southern France and northern Italy. It is not known yet how many enemy planes were destroyed or what were our losses on these operations. ENEMY LOOTS FLORENCE COMPLETELY - (Rec. 9.40) LONDON, Aug. 24. A “Times” correspondent at Florence says:— “The Germans thoroughly and scientifically pillaged Florence. They even took down copper cables and the electric tramways, rolled them up, and carried them off. The Germans took all of the surgical and optical instruments from the hospitals and from the private practitioners’ surgeries. They took all the machinery from the principal factories, including that of the Galileo Optical and Precision Instruments Works. There was also an imense amount of indiscriminate looting of shops.