The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
Storm Ashore in Italy to
Flank Enemy Maxi Capital
SHAMELESS After New Raids
Russians Pen
Germans IN;
Take Mga

tBy international News Service
Leap frog tactics which the Al.
lies found so successful In their
drive through Sicily were employed
today by American and British
forces Of Lieut. Gen Mark W.
Clarks army when they stormed
ashore on the west coast OF Italy
far behind enemy lines.
American Rangers and British
Commandos spearheaded the land
ing by the Fifth Army shock troops
AZ they swept ashore from special
landing craft along stretch ~
TyrIhenlan coast several miles
long.
Supporting the landing was a fur.
ious naval and air barrage which
continued undiminishod as thu
ground forces established thcir
beachhead. a special communilus
from Allied Headquarters revealed
the landings. but did not immedI-
ately disclose the exact location.
British and American troops ~
General Clark's NTH Army landed
early this morning on the west
coast OF Italy deep in the rear %
the present enemy front line pc.
sItions." was the way the com.
munique described H.
Naval and air forces are SUP.
porting ground forces added ths
bulletin. indicating the operation
had not yet been completed
The new landing was coofdinat-
ed with an allout assault by Brit.
ish, French and American troops
Of the NTH Army against the one.
my positions in the LIN Valley.
/ This defle runs inland from the
/ west coast.
In addition to threatening the
Germans facing British units Of the
Fifth on the Gariglinno River Sec
tor. The new landing constitutes =
definite Thanking menace 10 the
strong Nazl Gustav line protects
ing Casino.
Pound Line
During the last few days Allied
air and surface fleets have been
pounding enemy communications
] lAllth diNilk Atlt N'nANA " NbaNA ~
1 Italy. Two days ago rail- trafild
north OF Rome was reported cut oie
and west coast and central Italian
air bases were pounded successfrl.
ly
Shortly before the Anglo Ameri.
can force stormed ashore from
their invasion barges today, tha
Germans were reported carrying
out an organized withdrawal from
the Gustav 10 the new Adolf Hit.
Ter line. This latter defense bella
lies six miles north OF Casino.
and also was believed TO be menac.
ed by the new landing.
AS these gains we're being carved
out by the Allied forces in Italy,
the German capital itself was n
shambles Still the United Ma.
tions air forces did not give the
Reich or the occupied countries
respite in the stepped-up aerial Of
fensiye against the enemy.
Powerful fleets OF British four.
engined bombers pounded targets
in Germany and occupied territory,
following furious daylong assaults
by Allied formations which dump.
ed an estimated 1000 tons OF OK.
plosiYcs on the French INVASION
coast and its mysterious defenses.
Enemy Fooled?
The British air fleet apparently
was one OF great strength. Its tar
get was not disclosed Immediately
and even the German radio gave
no hint OF the place or places nit.
This was taken in some quarters
to indicate the enemy had been
fooled by the RATS feinting tactics
and been caught unprepared again.
When the largest transmitter in
the Berlin area went of the air
it was thought the German capital
may have been pummeled anew,
scarcely "a hours after a record
raid which treated the city 10 its
worst night OF terror
In Russio. Soviet armies were
slashing at Nazi forces penned in
the Len.ngrad sector after the Red
Army captured the vital rail juno