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FLOODGATES ON LIRI RIVER PREPARATIONS ON ITALIAN FRONT. ENEMY MASSING TROOPS. (By Telegraph—. Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 10. The Germans shut off the floodgates of the Liri River, resulting in a sudden drop of five feet in the Garigliano River, to which the Liri is a tributary, says Reuter’s correspondent at Allied Headquarters in Italy. The Germans’ object may be either to dry up the Lower Garigliano Valley, in preparation for an attack, or to store up a volume of water in readiness to flood out a possible Allied thrust. The correspondent adds that obviously something is happening in the long quiescent coastal sector. German troops are reported to be swarming through the mountain mass behind Minturno. It is officially disclosed that American troops are manning the Garigliano line, which previously was entirely held by British troops. Artillery activity in the Cassino area has sharply increased in the past 24 hours.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 April 1944, Page 4
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