The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-23
Germans 7hro1u In Many Reserves
In Desperate CounteroHensiue;
Americans Ousted From 7erraciina
POLES, FRENCH
| CAPTURE TOWNS
Allie d Spokesman Says
Nazis Have No More
Reserves Near

"A Il u T. ~ I1LAD<2OAh'
TIERS, Naples, May 22.-P,
The German high command
threw all the reserves at it,
immediate disposal into a
counteroffensive> against thu
Allied advance today and sue
ceeded in driving the van
guard of American forces Out
of Terracina, coastal gateway
to the Pontine plain % mile.
from Rome.
Fierce fighting ragged along tn,
entire front as the last of II MAJ
divisions (perhaps 10000 mem
below Rome and Immediately
north Of the Italian capital ente-
ed what may prove the climacti,
struggle for Italy. An Allied
spokesman declared the enemy had
nothing left in reserve south Of
Rome"
American patrols entered Ter.
racina yesterday almost without
fight and it appeared the Ger,
mans were in full flight along the
coastal sector, but the force OF
today's cou:1terattack caused the
Yanks 10 withdraw from the town
and take up positions IL to ?
miles to the northeast, on the roao
to Fondi.
Advance In Mountains
Inland, viewer. American
troops were reported continuing
their advance through the noun,
tains, while the Canadians pierceo
barbed wire entaaglements in
front of Pontecorvo, bastion of the
Hitler line in the Li-i valley south
west of Casino. The Poles sluggad
into Piedmonte. four miles west
of Casino, and were reported
mopping up the town.
French troops took, lost and
then recaptured Monte Leucio,
four miles west of Pontecorvo on
the road to Pico, and brought Pr
co under heavy attack. Pontecor-
vo and Pico are principal strong.
points of the Hitler line where il
crosses the Liri valley. An Ameri.
can assault southwest of Pico was
being fiercely resisted, front dis
patches said, the Germans having
thrown the crack 26th armo-ed
division into the fighting in that
sector
Of the II Nazi divisions now COM
mi'ted to opposing the powerful
Allied offensive and to holding the
Anzio beachhead. several already
have been badly depleted and dis
organized, an Allied spokesman
said. He reported that Allied loss.
es had been considerable" in the
11-day push, but said they vera
not too high for the results achiev-
ed and the extreme losses inflict.
ed upon the Germans.
% Miles From Anzi0
For the time they held Terra
Gina, troops were separated from
the right flank of the Anzio beach,
head by only % miles across the
flooded Pontine marshes. From
Terracina the broad, paved APP
pain Way lances straight through
the marshes noTthWestWa-d to.
ward Rome, passing just above
the beachhead.
In a daring stab today, American
patrols on the right flank of the
beachhead near Littoria pushed
five miles into the enemy's line.
toward a juncture with Yanh
forces in the Te1racina area. Thu
enemy's counter blow at Terra.
Gina itself was foreshadowed by
dispatches earlier in the day say.
ing German troop movements
west of the town were being con-
cealed by smoke screen.
Northeast of Te"racina Ameri-
can forces continued to bore
through the mass of the Aurunci
mountains, last natural barrier b.
tween them and the Pontine plain.
They seized three more peaks to-
day-Monte Marino. Monte Au-
tone ad Monte CapicciO.