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turned 1t back handily, inflicting
relatively heavy losses on the Ger
mans.
Now the Americans firmly held
the Allie area, commanding high
ground on the road to Venafro,
which will hinge the new line the
Na2is were struggling desperately to
establish before the Allied storm
hits.
Squeeze Nazis
The American advance through
Allie also was helping squeeze the
Germans out Of the ridges between
the Volturno and Vinchiaturo,
opening the 21-mile road north
west from Vinchiaturo to 1sernia,
the votal junction in central italy
from which the Eighth Army could
turn the new German line.
The Eighth Army front was rela-
lively quiet. Patrols maintained
contact along the line, but Gen.
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery had
no new conquests to announce.
The British patrols met varying
resistance as they probed the en-.
envy rear guard and defensive posi-
ton, particularly In the area Of
Baronello, above Vinchiaturo, the
scene of heavy fighting In recent
days.
A German claim to have recap
tured Baronello appeared prema-
ture, since the Allies never an
nounced they held 1t.
The announcement Of the fighting
north Of Cancello showed that the
British units Of the Fifth Army had
reached the canal paralleling the
Volturno and three miles north Of
1t at the seacoast end only, and
not along Its entire length.
Allie Hammered
Allie, which has been hammered
repeatedly by Allied bombers, lies
astride q highway 10 miles south
east Of Cenafro, new eastern anchor
Of the German defense line, while
nearby Piedmonte Is on the south
ern slopes Of Mt. Acute at the end
Of o spur railroad from Naples.
THE Fifth Army continues to
push northwards in spite Of enemy
counter attacks, which were re-
pulsed" today's communique said.
Enemy rear guards are active and
demolitions are being extensively
encountered"
General Sir Bernard L. Montgom-
ery's Eighth Army consolidated its
positions running northeast to the
Adriatic coast and sent patrols out
to test the enemy's defenses pre-
liminary to another drive north or
northwestward.
Varying resistance was met, the
communique said,
In the air, American Flying Fort
resses, Liberators and Marauders
wrecked bridges and railway yards
in the enemy rear yesterday, while
Lightnings crossed the Adriattc and
fired locomotive sheds at Skoplje,
Jugoslavia, in the second raid on
that junction town this week. +
Hits Scored
Fortresses scored direct hits on o
railway bridge near Albina on the
main west coastal railway between
Leghorn and Rome, bombed high.
way bridge and set fire to marshall
ling yards and the dock area. No
fighters and only slight anti-aircraft
fire were encountered.
Liberators flew through heavy
skies to attack railway bridges at
Orvieto, encountering six to eight
Messerschmitt l09S but suffering no
losses.
Other fortress formations attacked
a railroad viaduct two miles north
west of Terni.
American MarauderS scored direct
hits with 1,000-pound bombs on the
railway bridge of Montalto Di Cas-
tro on the main west coast line
north of Rome and also hit Acqua-
pendente. SIS miles northwest OF
Rome.
Six of IS enemy fighters encoun-
tered over Acquapendente were shot
down.
Allied fighterfs and fighter bomb
ers swarmed over the battle area In
force, attacking motor transport,
gun positions and bridges.
Enemy fighters showed more ac-
tivity all along the front, but 16
Of them were shot down, while only
one Allied plane was lost.
Thre esmall ship were damaged
off the Jugoslav coast.