Allied Headquarters, Naples,
May 19 (UP)—
Allied troops assaulted the'
Hitler line along a 25-mile front today, with U. S. forces striking toward the
key Appian Way junction of Itri, and
French troops carving deeper into German mountain defenses in the middle
Formia, Italy, May 19(AP)—
Retreating Nazis threw all the
fire power they had against onrushing Americans who captured Formia—a
Tyrrhenian seaport believed to be the coastal anchor of the Adolf Hitler- line —
but they could not even slow the doughboys down.
Southeast Asia Headquarters,
Kandy, Ceylon, May 19 (AP)—
Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill's
jungle-fighting American and Chinese infantry, with airborne reinforcements, have
penetrated the outskirts of Myilkyina after capturing the town's airdrome, it
was announced today.
CITY OF KINGSTON, N. Y., FRIDAY EVENING,
MAY 19, 1944.
French Are
Gaining in
Center Area
Poles
Fight Within Mile
and
Half of Picdi-
Monte,
Four , Miles
West
of Cassino
Air Raids Resume
Targets
in Brunswick and Berlin
Struck
in Today's Raids
Allied Headquarters, Naples,
May 19 (UP)—
Allied troops assaulted the'
Hitler line along a 25-mile front today, with U. S. forces striking toward the
key Appian Way junction of Itri, and
French troops carving deeper into German mountain defenses in the middle.
(The German high command,
reporting the heaviest fighting in the center, at Ponlccorvo and to the
southwest, acknowledged a "local dent" in the Hitler line at
Sanf Oliva but said it was
"sealed off." This indicated a Frenchdriven wedge toward the mountain
only some four miles from Pico, on the inland road from threatenedItri.)
Nazis Threw
Their
Full Power Into
Advancing Troops
U. S. Captors of
Formia
Were Not Even
Slowed
by German Tricks
or Snipers
Formia, Italy, May 19(AP)—
Retreating Nazis threw all the
fire power they had against onrushing Americans who captured Formia—a
Tyrrhenian seaport believed to be the coastal anchor of the Adolf Hitler- line —
but they could not even slow the doughboys down.
Germans loaded the route with obstacles
from Scauri, three and a half miles to the east, all the way along, coastal
highway No. 7 to the westernmost corner of Formia.
There were fortified pillboxes, deep
dugouts, mines by the hundreds on land and in the waters off shore and snipers
spitting death from every house. To keep things
hopping, long range artillery
crunched in from the powerhouse at Gaeta .every little while, covering every
yard. Gaeta is getting it back from our' guns now.
Indian Brigade
Blocks
Road South of
Japs' Line
Chinese
Spokesman Concedes Loyang's Defenders
Are Surrounded;
Allies Virtually
Hold
Wakdc Island
Southeast Asia Headquarters,
Kandy, Ceylon, May 19 (AP)—
Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill's
jungle-fighting American and Chinese infantry, with airborne reinforcements, have
penetrated the outskirts of Myilkyina after capturing the town's airdrome, it
was announced today.
The airdrome was seized two days
ago in a surprise attack. It lies two miles south of the town. While troops
poured in to the field by air from other elements of Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's forces, another
Merrill column occupied the. village of Nawraw Sakan and threw a block across the
Mogaung-Myitkyina road.
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