The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-05
COUNTERBLOW OUT
Desperate Nazi Attacks
Fail To Drive British
Into Sea
YANKS PUSH AHEAD
.Clark's Men Slog Through
Heavy Rain To Cross
Galore River
YANKS PUSH AHEAD

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Algiers, Oct. 4-P-.
The Allied offensive rolled
forward along the entire 1tal-
ian front today, with landings
from the Adriatic sea II
miles behind the enemy's
lines enabling the British
Eighth Army to make a spec
tacular gain in the face of
stiffening German resistance.
Gen. Sir Bernard G. Mont
gomery's amphibious opera
tion-the same type of "leap-
frogging" advance that prov
ed highly successful in ear
lier campaigns in Africa
Sicily and Calabria-trapped
an undisclosed number of
Nazi troops and clinched posi-
lions at Termoli, almost mid
way between the italian heel
and the mouth of the river
Pc in northern Italy. Desper-
ate German counterattacks
failed to drive the British
veterans back into the sea.
In Good Position
Fighting through a steady rain,
American troops of 1t. Gen. Mark
w. Clarks Fifth Army pushed for
ward from Benevento, 80 miles
northeast Of Naples, to force an
important crossing over the Ca
lore river and tonight were in po-
sition to outflank any defense line
the Nazis might attempt to estab-
lish along the Volturno river. OF
which the Galore Is q tributary.
British armored patrols thrust
ing northward from Naples en-
gagged in brisk clashes with the
retreating enemy, but there yet
was nothing to indicate that the
Germans intend to fight anything
more tina a rearguard action in
that area.
CThe Berlin radio reported that
a sharp clash occurred at Giugli-
ano, only five miles north of Ma
pies. and declared that an Allied
vanguard was repulsed after hard
fighting. 1t said German forces
were taking up new positions be-
tween Naples and Rome, but gave
no hint of the location of the new
lie.)
While the rain as well as enemy
delaying action n demolltions
slowed the assault above Naples,
the weather improved sufficiently
for American bombers to resume
their blasting Of Nazi commun1-
cations.
The air attack was directed pri-
against bridges and high
ways around Capua, Isernia and
Mignano, in the area between Ma
pies ad Rome where the Nais
have concentrated their transport
both to supply their fighting troops
and to withdraw heavy equipment
from the path of the Allied ad-
vance.
American Mitchells destroyed a
h Oh bridge northeast of 1sernia,
wrecked an important road inter-
section and destroyed four enemy
craft. Two waves of Marauders
also knocked out the Capua road
bridge across the Volturno after
long columns of enemy troops and
had been observed cross
ing it.
The Eighth Army's landing at
Termoli confronted the Germans
with a new threat to their left
flank. Fifty miles north of the
great air base of Foggia, the port
is at the sea head of good lateral
highway that runs inland to con-
meet with a main north south
Appenine mountains to Rome.
Termoli is about 215 miles up
the coast from Otrato on the
italian heel and 100 miles south
Of Rimini, where the Pc plains
begin. 1t is along the historic path
IF conquerors toward the Emilian
way, which leads to the Pc val
ey in northern Italy.
Gen. Montgomery's forces now
stand almost directly eastward
across the Italian peninsula from
Rome and are about the same
distance from the Eternal City as
are Gen. Clark divisions fighting
out of Naples. By continuing its
swift progress up h Adriatic
shore, the British Eighth could
make it virtually impossible for
he Germans to put up major de-
'ese south of Rome.
There already was evidence that
Yesterdays crossing Of the Galore
~ the Americans had forced the
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