Large Allied Tank Forces Operating

Manawatu Times, Volume 69, Issue 126, 31 May 1944, Page 5

Large Allied Tank Forces Operating

LONDON, May 29. Tht Berlin radio’s military commentator (Sertorius) declares that the British and American forces are employing a remarkable number of tanks in Italy, but neither an American thrust between the Alban and Lepini Mountains nor the British and Canadian thrust from the Upper Liri has developed sufficiently to achieve an operational breakthrough. Sertorius asserts that the Allies* occupation of Carroceto does not improve their tactical position because the new German positions in the Alban Hills dominate the ruins and surrounding plain. Reuter’s correspondent reports that groups of men, women, and children, carrying every sort of treasured knickknack, are returning to the liberated towns. Arrangements are made immediately after the arrival of troops for the care of the inhabitants. Cori, occupied on Friday, had its first distribution of necessities on Sunday. Norma is receiving its first supplies to-day. Reuter’s correspondent at Madrid says that Rome has been “in a state of uproar’’ throughout the week-end Clashes between Fascists and antifascists have been frequent and scores of students have been arrested for taking part in the demonstrations. The German soldiers, however, are stiii keeping to the outskirts of the city. The German News Agency says that Rome was bombed to-day.