ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Naples, Feb. 19.—(AP)—
American and British troops have
carpeted the ground before their Anzio beachhead line with –German dead and in
four days have wiped out as many as half of some Nazi units in one of the greatest
and most crucial battles of the war, front dispatches reaching here disclosed
tonight.
By The Associated Press
LONDON, Sunday—
The Russians announced last night
that they had not only killed or captured 73,200 Germans in the 14-day'battle
of the Korsun trap but had seized an immense armory of Nazi equipment,
including 10,000 trucks, 618 guns and 116 tanks. The Nazi Eighth army
commander's body also was declared found among the dead
By The Associated Press
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,-Sunday
American destroyers daringly
shelled once mighty Rabaul and its supplementary base of Kavieng early Friday
for the first time in the war. Moving boldly to within four miles of those
Japanese strong points on northeastern New Britain and northwestern New
Ireland, they dueled with shore batteries and silenced them.
Charleston, West Virginia, Sunday
Morning, February 20. 1944
Ground
'Carpeted'
With German Dead
Indians, New
Zealanderi
Join Cassino
Attack
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Naples, Feb. 19.—(AP)—
American and British troops have
carpeted the ground before their Anzio beachhead line with –German dead and in
four days have wiped out as many as half of some Nazi units in one of the greatest
and most crucial battles of the war, front dispatches reaching here disclosed
tonight.
Meeting the German attempt to push'
them back into the sea with a hurricane of steel, 5th army troops fell back in
one sector but kept their lines intact and prevented a break-through. The Allied soldier’s were fighting
doggedly to wear out the Germans.
BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1944.
130 Towns Taken
In Drive On Pskov
Germans Lose
Immense Armory
Of Equipment
BY TOM YARBROUGH
By The Associated Press
LONDON, Sunday—
The Russians announced last night
that they had not only killed or captured 73,200 Germans in the 14-day'battle
of the Korsun trap but had seized an immense armory of Nazi equipment,
including 10,000 trucks, 618 guns and 116 tanks. The Nazi Eighth army
commander's body also was declared found among the dead.
The announcement said that 10,000
more Germans had been counted since figures on German losses in the great
Dnieper bend debacle had been made public first, lust Thursday. Among. these were 3,000 dead, making a total
of 55,000 slain, and 7.200 additional prisoners for a total of 18,200 captives.
The announcement was made in statement
broadcast by Moscow radio and recorded by the Soviet monitor.
DOCKS IGNITED,
INSTALLATIONS
BLASTED IN RAID
Numerous
.Jap Ships
Reported
Sunk, Allies
Have
No Losses
By The Associated Press
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS I'N THE
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,-Sunday
American destroyers daringly
shelled once mighty Rabaul and its supplementary base of Kavieng early Friday
for the first time in the war. Moving boldly to within four miles of those
Japanese strong points on northeastern New Britian and northwestern New
Ireland, they dueled with shore batteries and silenced them.
They heavily damaged shipping. They
blew up shore installations. Then they departed undamaged. At Rabaul, they
smashed Simpson harbor which lies deep
w i t h i n Blanche bay. Huge fires were set in dock areas.
At Kavieng, the destroyers even remained until after daybreak.
Rabaul, which the Japanese used for
the anchorage of many warships until repeated air attacks made this too costly,
was approached by the destroyers under cover of a smoke screen. The opposing shore
batteries were knocked out. Flames were spread over the docks
by the warships' shells.
Tanker
Sunk
The warships at Kavieng, 160 miles
northwest of Rabaul, hit a tanker which exploded. Other shells fell on small
coastal vessels in the harbor. The docks w;?re
engulfed in flames after being
hit. Coastal batteries were rendered impotent lo resist the naval raiders.
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