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MADE BY ALLIED ARMIES NORTH OF ROME ADVANCE ON CIVITA VECCHIA TOWN TAKEN BY NEW ZEALANDERS IN UPPER LIRI VALLEY (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON. June 7. 11l Italy, the Firth Army is still pressing on in pursuit ('if the Germans north of Rome. A correspondent states that Allied forces kept up their rapid advance today towards the much-bombed port of Civita Vecchia, 35 miles up the coast from the mouth of the Tiber. Allied tanks and infantry are ten miles north-west of Rome and are approaching Lake Bracciano. The New Zealanders have occupied a town in the Upper Liri Valley. EXPECTED HOURLY ALLIED LANDINGS IN NORTH ITALY ACCORDING TO MILAN REPORT (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.5 a.m.) LONDON, June 7. The British United Press Berne correspondent quotes a report from Milan that a large Italian fleet is cruising off Genoa and that Allied landings on the Ligurian coast are expected hourly.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 June 1944, Page 3
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