CAMPAIGN IN ITALY

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24868, 14 April 1944, Page 3

CAMPAIGN IN ITALY

j SMALL ENEMY ATTACKS POSITION ROUND CASSINO I (Heed 11.30 p.m.> LONDON. April 13 The land situation in Italy, as rei ported in the Allied communique, refers.to patrol clashes on all fronts I and a small-scale attack against Indian I troops of the Fighth Army, which was I repulsed. Casualties were inflicted on i the enemy. The Germans are jabbing at the Allied I lines north of Cassino, reports Renter's correspondent at advanced headquarters I in Italy. The Germans heavily shelled I Castle Hill, on the north-west edge of i the town. The Anzto beachhead area is generally : quiet. A German thrust three miles : south of Carrocetto was repulsed. The Germans are now using anti-tank : rocket guns in the battle around CasI sino', says Renter's correspondent at I Allied Headquarters in Italy. New Zea- ' land troops who have just been relieved j from inside Cassino nay they saw walls I crumbled by these guns and felt the j ground shake as heavy shells from iong- | range guns crashed among the ruins. The Germans are tiring by shell into the American lines in Italy propaganda | leaflets with pictures of attractive ! lonely American girls "waiting for their I doughboys," states a front line corresj pondent. Other nostalgic leaflets remind ! the troops ol the days when they went I dancing and were able to eat juicy steaks. Some leaflets carry cartoons stigI gesting that Roosevelt wants to use the unemployed as cannon-fodder and provide contracts for his wealthy backers "It is the rich man's war, but the poor man's fight," say the leaflets. NAZIS ATTACK CONVOY [FOUR PLANES SHOT DOWN LONDON, April I'J Allied Jieaufighters destroyed three .Junkers 88 and one Dornier 217 during a German attack on a convoy off the Algerian coast on Tuesday night. Between 10 and 15 raiders adopted novel'tactics for this area, circling over the convoy, dropping a number of flares and then attacking concentrically in an attempt to baffle the defence. ALGIERS EXECUTIONS SENTENCES ON MOSLEMS LONDON, April !•„' A German,_ Ouo Riep, and a Corsican. Lieutenant Xavi<*r Santuc-ci. two internnterit camp ollicials. sentenced to death at t he recent tort ure I rial in Algiers, i were shot at dawn to-day. reporis ' Renter'scorrespondent in Algiers. I'he French Court has now passed l death sentences on Zelfn Mohanied. who! served with the_ Germans in Tunisia. I and 'Widir Yeddir. who fought on the Axis side in Greece and Tunisia They were taken prisoner and were sentenceil to ]5 years. Roth are Moslem members ol the African Phalanx, in which the Vicbv Government enrolled Frenchmen to fight against the Allies in Tunisia PEARL HARBOUR VISIT 10.10 p.m.) NEW YORK. April i:s The United Press says that RearAdmiral Thomas Hart is visiting Pearl Harbour to investigate the circumstances of the Japanese attack on the base in 1941. in connection with the! court martial proceedings against Ad-! miral H. E. Kimmel and Lieutenant-! General W. Short, respectively naval and army commanders of Hawaii at the' tirn© of the attack.