PRECISION RAIDS
<». ITALIAN KEY JUNCTIONS RAIL ARTERIES CUT (Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 8. Photographic reconnaissance shows that the Allied precision raids against key railway junctions cut all the major arteries of the railway system feeding the southern half of Italy, and it is unlikely that more than a very small trickle of traffic is getting through. The latest photographs show the thoroughness of the destruction of all the main and most of the secondary north and south lines. The important junction of Bologna is not in action, and no traffic has passed through the Vittoria yards in Rome since the recent shattering raid. All the lines near Foggia are cut. It was previously possible to by-pass Naples through Foggia, but the destruction of the Salerno and Battipaglia junctions has corked the bottleneck to the south. The Messina and • San Giovanni railheads are also out of action. Reuter’s correspondent at Allied headquarters says that the Italian liner Lombard has been burnt out in Naples Harbour.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25299, 9 August 1943, Page 3
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