The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-01

Castiglione to the Adriatic. Expand
ing last nights special communique
describing advances up to three
miles, headquarters reports said 80
prisoners were taken at Villa Santa
Maria and so at Fossacesi, both of
which were captured.
Heavy Casualties
The British suffered heavy cas-
ualties in the hand to-hand strug-
giles where tanks could play no part.
At Mozzagrogna, a German counter
attack cut off some units until the
town was stormed and taken.
Mopping Up
The Eighth was hopping up the
last remnants of resistance on the
high ridge captured beyond the
Sangro River Valley, where the
German winter line designed to
hold the Allies from Rome for the
winter had been broken along a Is
mile front inland from the Adriatic.
7 The German now had been showed
back to a point where they have
no known place for organized resist
ance before they reach the Pescara
River, beyond the port of Pescara,
10 air miles from Lanciano, which
was immediate Allied objective.
Advices from the front indicated
the veterans of General Sir Ber-
nard L. Montgomery's Eighth army
were prepared for desperate Nazi
counterattacks.
The communique said several
heavy counter thrusts were attempt
ed in the early stages of the fight,
after British warships Sunday night
bombarded the enemy's rear from
the Adriatic, but they were crushed
after partially succeeding and the
ground lost was retaken.
For the second day the communi-
que described the Eighth's push in
the brief statement: THE advance
continues"
Waves of BOmbers
Nine waves of light bombers swept
over the Eighth's front yesterday in
eastern Italy. followed by SO forma-
tons of Fighters and Fighter
Bombers, all attacking gun posi-
lions, notifications, trenches, troops
and transport.
A headquarters spokesman said
the tactical airforce operations now
were the heaviest Of the war in the
Mediterranean theater Of an Of
fensive nature.
About so enemy planes in several
formations appeared over the battle
area. Each flight was intercepted.
many were forced to jettison their
bombs and five were shot down,
bringing the al. record for Novem-
Der to 1863 enemy planes destroyed
against a lost Of 70 Allied aircraft.
For the first time since the war
started, Liberators, escorted by
Lightnings, attacked Fiume, port of
the Jugoslavian side of the Adri-
attic, but clouds prevented accurate
observation of results. Unescorted
marauders scored on a railway
bridge In Albania.
budapest dispatches to Stock
holm said Allied bombers flew over
Hungary Tuesday, possibly to at
tack the Weiner Neustadt Aircraft
factories near Vienna AGAIN.
Other Planes
Other planes bombed roads
throughout italy in bad weather,
hitting at Nazi communications and
meeting little opposition.
1--WE flew all over Jerry's airflelds
in central italy for 80 minutes and
didn't see a single German fighter"
First Lieutenant Audry Freyou Of
Houston, Texas. marauder pilot.
said.
Walter Logan. United Press CORE
spondent, reported that he watched
the British destroyers Quilliam and
Loyal lombard the enemy's de-
lenses near the Adriatic in a she'll
ing that prevented the Germans
from throwing reserves in to oppose
the Eighth's attack.
He said he could see from the
bridge Of the Quilliam a full view Of
the heavy artillery barage laid
down by the 18th Division Inland
and an Raj bombing of Pescara,
which left big fires burning and
touched off a large explosion.