The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-30
The WorOn
Many Fronts


through the Adriatic flank Of the
Germans winter line in Italy today
while three powerful Soviet columns
in White Russia converged in q
sweeping pincers movement that
threatened momentarily to trap tens
Of thousands of Nazis fleeing west
ward from fallen Gomel.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery s
veteran Imperials burst into the
main German defenses on high
ground northwest of the Sangro
river after a bitter, 36-hour battle
and an Allied headquarters COM
murique announced triumphantly
that "our advance is continuing"
Capturing the strongly defended
town of Mozzagrogna, the Eighth
Army expanded it's bridgehead
across the Sangro to a depth Of
four miles and width of IL miles,
and the continued forward surge
threatened to turn the entire east
ern flank of the Germans winter
defenses barring the road to Rome.
Anglo-American Fifth Army troops
edged forward as much as mile
in the Montaquilo area northeast of
Venafro, and Madrid dispatches said
new drive on Rome from that
flank is expected shortly.
The Madrid reports quoted in
formation from the italian frontier
as saying that the Nazis had be-
gun to mine the main roads to Rome
in anticipation of a general with
draWal.
Strong formations Of Allied bonn
ers and fighters maintained steady
fire on the German lines, while
U. S. flying fortresses ranged go
miles above Rome to batter the
Grossetto railroad yards. Other
raiding forces bombed Sarajevo, in
occupied Jugoslavia.
The battle of White Russia, mean
while, developed into a mad scram-
BILE for the key railway junction
town Of Zholobin, through which
beaten German forces were stream
ing westward in an attempt to
make good their escape from Gomel,
so miles to the southeast.
Ncu OOluNIlS
One Red Army column pounded
up the west bank of the Dnieper
river to within IL miles of Zhlobin
and numbered its big siege guns
to lombard the troop damned juno
ton. A second advanced along the
Gomel-Minsk railway to point II
miles southeast of the town, while
the third swept down from the
north.
Front reports indicated the Nazi
retreat was distintegrating into a
rout as the Russian columns closed
in, with the German commanders
trying frantically to re-route their
troops and equipment.
Midway between Gomel and Kiev,
other Russian forces battle westward
along the lower reaches of the Pri-
pet river, selling several enemy
strongpoints and killing 1000 Ger
man troops in fierce fighting.
Further south, heavy fighting
ragged all along the broad Russian
held salient west of Kiev.
In the Dnieper bend, Red Army
spearheads thrust deeper into the
Nazi lines between Krivoi Rog and
Nikopol.
Raj Mosquito bombers main
tanned the aerial assault against
Germany with series of light raids
during the night against Nazi tar
gets in the western Reich. The at
tack followed a daylight blow by
U. S. flying fortresses against the
German port of Bremen their
second in four days against the
city.
Giant Bombers
The giant American bombers and
their fighter escort fought through
temperatures ranging to So degrees
below zero and strong enemy fight
er opposition to bomb their objec-
tive. They downed IS German
planes.
Thirteen fortresses were lost in
the raid and 10 fighters were re-
ported missing in that and other
daylight operations.
In Jugoslavia, partisan forces said
German counter-attacks along the
Adriatic coast and in Bosnia were
repulsed with sizeable losses to the
enemy.
Axis sources continued to sug-
gest that a meeting of President
Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill
and Premier Stain was under way.
The projected meeting was ex-
pected tn concerned Drinari1v with
Allied plans for postwar treatment
of Germany, postwar collaboration,
and the far eastern campaign.