THRUSTS EXTENDED
INTO DEFENCES COVERING CASSINO
More Gains by Fifth Army in Italy
NEW ZEALANDERS MOVE NEARER ORSOGNA
ATTACK ON AIRFIELDS ROUND ROME
LONDON, January 34. American troops of the Fifth Army in Italy have thrown back three Garman counter-attacks and driven the enemy out of still more of his defences covering Cassino. French troops have advanced up to two- miles m some places. The Germans say they have evacuated the village of Acquafordata and taken up more favourable positions. • '» French troops, another report states, smashed four German companies. Some of the enemy units were specially trained mountain troops, some were members of the Hermann Goering Division and some were security troops pressed into the iront South and south-west of Cassino, British and American troops are pushing on to a high ridge dominating most of the country south of Cassino. iOn the Eighth Army’s front, New Zealand troops are a quarter of a mile nearer to Orsogna. . Five airfields round Rome were attacked by Allied an crait yesterday. One of these was described by Fascists as the most modern airfield in Europe. Flying Fortresses opened the attack and then Mitchells peppered the field with their quota of missi es. Ten German aircraft were destroyed. The Allies lost five.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 January 1944, Page 3
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