FIRST CRISIS OVER
ENEMY ARMOURED DRIVE FAILS (Rec. 2 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 11. “ The first major bridgehead crisis south of Rome is past its peak, and the Allied lines are holding,” says the Algiers correspondent of the British United Press. “The enemy’s big armoured drive is losing its first sting. His attempts to drive a deep wedge into the Allied bridgehead and split
our lines has failed. “The British and American forces, however, are still mainly on the defensive. The latest reports indicate that the Germans went all out to drive a strong armoured column through the Allied lines to the sea. Massed Allied artillery blunted the German armoured spearhead, and the enemy column itself was split. The Germans are still nibbling at our lines and have made some gains. Our defensive lines are being tightened in the expectation of a new major onslaught.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25458, 12 February 1944, Page 5
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