The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-08
The War On
Many Fronts

Allied Forces, attacking by land,
sea and air, surged through Adolf
Hitler's shattered Russian winter
line today, massed TO crush across
the flooded volturno toward Rome
and struck the German Reich with
new bomb loads delivered against
weakening defenses.
Everywhere the battle Of Europe
blazed with mounting fury in these
developments:
/. Rolling in fresh strength after
weeks rest, the Red army drove
to within IS miles Of the Latvian
border, plunged over the Dnieper
river to threaten Kiev and made q
bid to trap thousands Of Nazi troops.
2. Anglo-American Fifth Army
troops reached the Volturno, first
natural barrier above Naples, on a
17-mile front after capturing the
key center Of Capua while in eastern
italy the British Eighth Army beat
off determined but futile enemy
counter attacks.
3. Great British air fields struck
heavily ct Stuttgart and raided Mu-
Mich and Friedrichshafen, losing
only seven planes, while the Ger
mans weakly hit at London.
4. Allied warships wrecked Nazi
convoy In the Aegean In the first
sea battle in that area Of the war.
British troops, holding doggedly to
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to be on the Islet Of SINH, off
Rhodes, where German attack was
repulsed.
Russian armies marched on
i,O00-mile front in what Appealed to
be the pay.off offensive to throw the
Germans finally back to the Bal
kan, Polish and Baltic borders.
Steady reinforcements and tanks
poured into the Dnieper bridgeheads.
Capture Of Kiev, ancient capital Of
the Ukraine, appeared to be only a
matter Of time.
Line Cracked
The Dnieper line which Hitler
ordered held whatever happened was
opened wide In at least three places,
two Of them north and south of
Kiev and one below Kremenchug.
Southwark, the Russians were
cleaning out the Taman Peninsula
while the pace of the whole often
sive seemed likely to catch German
armies In the Crimea and around
Dnepropetrovsk and zaporozhe.
In the north, Newell, gateway to
the Latvian border. was in Russian
hands and Red Armies were driving
beyond.
The capture Of Capua by the
Fifth Army represented q 10-mile
advance through flooded country,
minefields and demolitions. AS this
control point Of German commune
cations fell into Allied hands, Gen.
Mark w. Clark's troops moved up
to the south bank Of the Volturno
from Capua to the sea.
Montgomery Attacked
(; On the other side Of the italian
Peninsula, German tanks and in
fantry still attacked Gen. Sir Ber-
nard L. Montgomery's forces but
were held and the Eighth Army
improved its positions.
AT the mouth Of the Volturno, the
Fifth Army was less than 30 miles
from Rome.
The British planes that raided
Germany last night took three hours
to pass over the British coast. Block
busters were aimed at Stuttgart,
a key air and rail center on the
supply route through which the
Nazis reach Italy.
Despite the fact the area crossed
by the giant planes is held most
vital by the Germans, the losses
were only seven planes.
London took 80 tons of bombs,
weak retaliation but the strong
est the enemy has tried in months.
Fifteen Of 60 enemy planes got
through the British capital.
The British position on the islands
Of Cos, LeroS and Samos appeared
difncult. Military observers believed
only strong reinforcements could
save the positions in the Dodecan-
csc. However, the situation may
have been retrieved by the success
full defense Of SINH.
In the Pacific, American attack
forces were driving the Japanese in
mass fight from the Central Solo
mons today in the triumphant final
phase Of q three-month campaign.
Hundreds Of Japanese died under
aerial bombardment as they aban-
doned Kolombangara Island and
sought refuge by escape to Bougain-
vile.
Their over-water route was block
cd by American ships and U. s.
planes kept up constant assaults
that bid 70 roll the enemy back all
the way along the southern flank Of
the approaches 10 the great base at
RabauI. New Britain.
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Reports from General Douglas
MacArthur's headquarters said the
japanese base at villa, on Kolom-
bangara between American positions
on New Georgia and Vella Lavella.
was deserted. II once held 5000 men
and was q strong airdrome.
Enemy forces we're concentrated
on the north end Of the island 100
miles from their BOngainyilie base.
They had BEEN starved and bombed
out.
Meanwhile. American planes shot
doWn nine enemy aircraft ana des-
frnped several on the ground a.
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