GAINS IN ITALY
SI-MO RIVER FRONT NAZIS ADF/lIT WITHDRAWAL (Herd. 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. QO Canadian troops of tlie Eighth Army in Italy, pushing beyond Ravenna on the Adriatic coast, have occupied a small town and are now within two miles of the next important one, Alfonsine. The Eighth Army now holds a front of 19 miles on the Senio River, apa'ri from a German pocket of about three miles between our two strong-points of Faenza and Bagnocavallo. This pocket is being squeezed on three sides by United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canadian troops. The German news agency announced that German positions north-east of Faenza were withdrawn at several points as a result of very heavy battles against British forces on Christmas Day.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25086, 27 December 1944, Page 5
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123GAINS IN ITALY New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25086, 27 December 1944, Page 5
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