Evening star., 1943-10-15
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British Land at Vo|turno's Mouth:
DnieperDam BIownUp> Nazis Sav
Americans Tighten
Hold on Heights
Above Copuo
MAP on Page A.
SY the Associated preer

65 tne Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers, Oct. 15.-The main forces
OF the Allied 5th Army poured
across the Volturno River into
newly won bridgeheads today
and dispatches from 1t. Gen
Mark w. Clark's battle head
quarters said the British and
Americans were throwing the
enemy back along the entire
front from the west coast to the
mountain backbone of Italy.
The message telling of decisive
gains all along the front in the
course of furious and bloody fight
ing was received after an Allied
headquarters communique had dis
closed that British infantry and
tanks had landed from British ves-
sells on the north side of the Vol
turno's mouth early Wednesday
simultaneously with a frontal as
sault across the stream by Amer
lean and British infantry and
engineers.
Rolling up the enemys coastal
anchor, this amphibious force
quickly dug in positions along a
canal, while British naval guns
pounGed strong German defensive
positions behind the coastal rail-
road line on high ground fouy miles
north OF the river
Terrific Fight Rascs.
While the British destrOyers La
forey and Lookout and the Nether-
lands gunboat Flores hurled tons
of explosives into the hills, a ter
rifle fight ragged along the coast.
The Germans obviously had been
uneasy over the possibility of such
landing-the first amphibious op-
Grafton undertaken by the 5th Army
since its original arrival on the
Salerno beaches-and had concen-
trated huge artillery groups in the
dominating heights and in the lower
ground.
Meanwhile, American troops
stormed the heights northeast of
Capua in the face of strong German
resistance and consolidated their
hold on the high ground screening
the all-important Capua bridgeheads
where the major body Of the 5th
Army was streaming into the often
siVe
Allied headquarters said the 5th
Army advanced from 2 to miles.
"a German broadcast said the
Allies had superior infantry and
tank forces on both sides of
Capua.D
Sharp C0unterattacks.
At almost all points north of the
Voltulno, reports from Gen. Clark's
headquarters said, the Germans were
communicating sharply and bitter
ly, time after time, employing tanks
in desperate efforts to retard or dis
lodge the Allies at key points
The cMcmy'S position hourly is
becoming moro desperate and he vii!
obviously be forced to pull cut from
all the low area near the river a
military spokesman declared.
An Cflcia! dispatch from Gen.
Clark's headquarters at 1925 am.
today declared: The 5th Army con-
tinued strong drive which is roll
ing the enemy slowly backward. Nu-
merous pockets of resistance are
being wiped out"
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery S
British 8th Army also advanced on
the inland sector OF the trans
peninsular front and captured the
town of CaGacalenda. miles north
west of Bonetro and on the north
side of the Cigno River. Casaca-
lenoa IS 20 miles southwest Of Ter
moli and about an equal distance
northeast Of CampobassO.
Head Toward Two Ccnters.
But the spokesman said Gen.
Montgomery patrols were stabblng
deep beyond the announced front
lines in the direction of the COM
municauCns ccnterS Of CampobasSo
and VinchiaturO.
The German radio said Nazi
forces had evacuated Campo
(See ITALY. Page A-22D