The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-01
N oziS Storm .Anzio Front
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 The attack followed a day and night of heavy artillery preparation during which the big guns of the Nazi 14th Army raked every corner of the 100-square-mile beachhead and German fighter bombers swoop- ed low over the battle lines to bomb and strafe the Allied trenches
 Twice during Monday night the Germans attempted to breach the American positions in the Aprilia sector, only to be driven back by a storm of gunf1re.
 Then at daybreak they threw in their main attack. Headquarters spokesmen indicated one arm of the German offensive thrust toward the Anzio-Albano road from the north west, while & second struck midway between Aprilia and Cisterna.
 The Allied infantrymen rose from their trenches to meet the oncom- ing German assault troops while massed anti-tank guns and field ar- tillery ripped up the Nazi armor, halting the attack in its tracks.
 A communique said number of prisoners were taken and that all German attacks had been beaten off successfully.
 Spokesmen indicated, however, that the Nazis were continuing their onslaughts today with develop ing force in an apparent all-out ef- fort to hurl the 5th army back into the sea.
 Secret Weapon
 It was revealed officially that the Nazis had thrown new secret weapon into the battle of the beach, head-robot tanks guided by radio and loaded with 1000 pounds of ex- plosives.
 There was no immediate indica- tion that these rolling land mines were being used in the new fighting, but Allied headquarters said IA had been destroyed In the last Nazi of- fensive almost two weeks ago. The tanks were said to have proved in- effective in that action, many fail- ing even to start toward the Allied lines and others being blown sky high before they could reach their objectives.
 United Press War Correspondent Reynolds Packard in 8 dispatch: from the beachhead said German planes attempted number of sneak raids on Anzio Harbor last night in an effort to dam the flow of troops and supplies to the Allied front.
 All day Tuesday, Packard's dis patch said, Allied and German planes dive bombed and straffed the opposing lines while the big guns of both armies sent high explosives over the battlefield.
 Flatten FarmhOuseS
 The Allied gunners repeatedly flattened farlnhouses behind which German tanks and infantrymen were fathering for the assault, and two NaI ammunition dumps were hit directly and turned into explod- ing masses of flame.
 On the main 5th army front to the south, German and Allied troops generally clung to their pos itions awaiting the outcome of the Nazi drive on the beachhead. British 9th army patrols on the Adriatic front were reported stabbing deep into the enemy lines. but no major action developed.
 Allied planes maintained their sue premacy over the beachhead yesi terday, shooting down six of about 90 enemy planes spotted there, while other planes raided railway targets in the east coast town of Giulianova and the Viterbo airfield north of Rome.
 American Warhawks kept up their steady pounding of the Rome suh- urbs, hitting the Littoyio railway yards, and other formations ranged across the Adriatic to batter enemy shipping off the Jugoslav coast.
 The Allied air forces flew some TOO Sorties yesterday and the conls munique said only six planes were missing.