SOFIA RAIDED AGAIN

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 12 January 1944, Page 5

SOFIA RAIDED AGAIN

FIRES STILL BURNING FROM PREVIOUS ATTACK Loudon. Jan. 11. Allied bombers last night continued the attack against Sofia. Reuter’s Algiers correspondent says pilots of Wellingtons which made the attack reported that fifes were still burning from the attack by Fortress at noon yesterday. Flames were visible 55 miles away. The Lightning escort shot down eight -of 40 Axis planes which tried to intercept the Fortresses. RAILWAY YARDS ATTACKED (Rec. 10.15 a.m.) Rugby, Jan. 11. Mitchells yesterday attacked railway yards at. San Benedetto. 35 miles north of Pescara. Hits were reported in the leading yards. One bomb landed squarely on an administrative building. Invaders attacked roads and rail communications north of Rome, destroying many vehicles. ITALY FOL S.C. FIGHTING IN MOUNTAINS Our troops, attacking in the morning met very stiff resistance but occupied several points in the mountains. In the afternoon they launched another attack and found that the Germans had evacuated positions which they were able to occupy and consolidate. These peaks dominate the village of Cervaro. On the Eighth Army front there was patrol activity by both sides in the course of which casualties were inflicted on the enemy. Enemy shelling in the upper section of the river Arriel is also reported. Our artillery was likewise active but the weather was just as bad in this section as on the Fifth Army front. An official communique says the Fifth Army front advance continues. American troops consolidated the heights previously taken while British troops pushed forward approximately a mile to seize a hill overlooking the road to Cassino and the river Garigliano.