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THE CHINA MAIL,

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1951,

Continuing the authentic personal reminiscences of the Second World War by Britain's great wartime Prime Minister, now back at this high post after six years. This is the 31st Chapter of his fifth book of war memoirs, "Closing The Ring."

The Fifth Army in Italy the advance, and that Clark was He did not feel sure of this be- resumed in January, 1944, its going to the beach-head at once. fere the arrival of the 1st US. attacks on the German "Gustav I replied:

Armoured Division combat cam.

Line," with Cassino ze ito malo i am glad to learn that Clark is The au said Wilson, was feature.

going to visit the beach-head, only geared to fusetien at a slow It would be unpleasant if your epced. irceps were sealed off there and the main army eculd not vdvance up from the south. This however was exactly what the landing-orest. I now put a

direct question to him. was going to happen.

This offensive masked a flank tanding on Jan. 22 at Angio, 30 miles from Home, by the 1st British and the 3rd U.S. Division. These formed part of the Alllod VRH Corps, under the American Gen. Lucas,

T

The Admirai had been even better then his word about

Meanwhile our attacke on Prime Mialiter to Commander- the Germans in the Cessino In-Chief Mediterranean. HERE was very little positions continued. The Xth

8. Feb., 44. Baksh Corps having drawn to Let me know the number M opposition and prac is front most of the shemy rÊM. vehicles landed at Anzió by tically no casualties. rfcocoments, it was decided the seventh and 14th days res- By midnight 86,000 attack farther north so as

pectively. I should be glad, Lkf men and over 3,000 vehicles size the high ground above

it were possible without tco were ashore. "We appear," from cha

envelop the position

mich souble ++ delay, lo ផ. Good progress

distinguish trucks, cannon, and signalled Alexander, who was made. The Ind US. Corps tenks. was on the spot, "to have crossed the river Rapide above Cassino town, with the French

Crasino and

10

The reply was both prompt and

got almost complete sur. Corps cn their right keeping startling. By the seventh day prise. I have stressed the beast of them, and took Monte 12,350 vehicles had been landed, importance of strong-hitting Cartellone and Colle Majola. including 356 tanks; by the 14:

GERMANS BY

IST BRITISH DIV

Battalions

SURPRISED ANZIO LANDINGS

By Winston Churchill

and

Campit must to

DIVISION

to the troops before the ablack. Anzio expedition. He demanded that our beach- destroy it. head "bevess" be eliminated in three days.

He could not

in

that

We now know that early January the German High The attack fell at an awkward Command had intended to trans- nument, as the 45h U.S. and 56.h fer five of their best divisions British Divisions, transferred from from Italy to Northwest Europe. the Casino froni,, were just re- Kesselring protected

in such lieving our gallant 1st Division, event he could no longer carry who soon found themselves in cut his orders to fight south of full action again. A deep, dan- Rome and be would have gerous wedge was driven into withdraw. Just as the argument our line, which was forced back was its height the Anzło here to the original beach-head. landing took place. The artery fire, which had em- barrassed all the occupants of The High Command dropped the beach-head since they land- the idea, and instead of the ed, reached a new intensity. Malian front contributing forces to Northweel Europe the reverse

guns in

10

Thence they attacked south- day 21,940 vehicles, including wild cat on to the short, but all mobile patrols being boldly

This represented

had go: WRIS 1 stranded pushed out to gain contact wards against Monastery Hill, but 380 tanks.

F. whate. with the enemy, but so far Germans had reintored and tal of 316 L.S.T. shipments.

held In fematically By early was interesting to notice that,

Ali hung in the balance. No took place. Hier was enraged have not received reports of February the Ilnd Corps had apart from 4,000 trucks which I cabled to Alexander:

funther retreat was possible. Even at the failure of his Fourteenth j's expended

strength. their activities."

I have a feeling that you may Gen. went to and fro in the ships

have Army to drive the Allies Into the a short advance would Alexander decided hai fresh nearly 18,000 vehicles were land-

have hesitated to assert your given the enemy the power to sea. Afer their offensive of. Feb. I was in full agreement greeps would be needed to restore ed in the Anglo beach-head by authorky because you were use not merely their long-range 16 he ordered a selected group

the 14h day in order to serve dealing so fargely with Amer- with

and replied: impetus to the assault. this,

harassing fire upon the of officers of all arms and ranks icans and therefore urged an landing sages and shipping, but fighting in Italy to report to him "Thank you for all your He had already ordered a Nsw a total force of 70,000 men, in-

advance instead of ordering it to put down a proper field ar personally about conditions at messages. Am very glad you Zealand Corps to be formed, un cluding of course the drivers and

You are, however, quite entitled Mery barrage upon all intakes the Front. der Gen. Freyberg, composed of those who did the repair out claims

to give them orders, and I have or departures. I had no illusi cris are pegging

three divisions brought ever from maintenance of the vehicles.

from the highest Americs about the issue. It was He or rather

than

digging in the Eighth Army on the Adriatic.

I replied on Feb. 10:

authorities that it is their wish death. beach-heads."

Indeed, that Army, which had

that their troops should receive templed to pin the enemy on Thank you for information. How

direct orders. action, their front by offensive

many of our men are driving bad had to sind no less than five or loking after 18,000 vehicles sustain the heavy in this narrow space? We maÆRST divisions to

of have a

great superiority fighting on the west coast, and

chauffeurs, I am shocked that for the next few months had to

the enemy have mere infantry remain on the defensive.

"han we.

But now came disaster, and the ruin in its prime purpose fe enterprise. Gen. Lucas con- fred himself to occupying his

and having equip beach-head men and vehicles brought ashore. Gen. Penney commanding the Brish 1st Division was auxbus His reserve io push inland, brigade, was, however, held back with the Corps.

Father severe bailles obvious By impended on both fronta, and Later the same day further was necessary to flad more reports came in. Gen. Wilson saidi

The 3rd Polish *icops.

Cer- that the weather had spoilt our due to air pathian Division WNE

1st atacks. The

British Minor probing attacks towards arrive on the main trent at the Division was under severe pres-

February and

Gen. sure and had had to give ground Campolecne ce- beginning of

Supreme [new

Com- and Alexander was arranging to cupied Jan, 22 and 23. No general Wilson

made mander In the Mediterranean] releve it. advane was altempt to

the ex- had ready the 18h lafantry and by the commander of pedition.

Cleverna

Two German divisions

KESSELRING reseed quickly

the

"The

2:5

Aggressive action

But fortune, hitherto baffling,

គុយទ They say their Army has been rewarded the desperate valour of THIS was the first and only the British and American armies. time that this happened framed more on Prussian lines

Before Hitler's stipulated three during the war, "He would than

CM the more smooth

German a lack WIS have done much better," COM British lines, and that American days the

Gen. Then their own saken ments

Westphal, "to relys stopped. expect to receive was counter-attacked in flank visit the front himself and positive orders, which they will and cut out under fire from all been convinced of Allied immediately obey Do noi

our andlery end bombardment superiority tcoitale therefore to give or- ders just as you would to our

by every aircraft we could fly. guns.' The fighting was intense, losses own men. The Americans are

commanders

fa

planes and

We knew nothing of all these on both sides were heavy, but changes of plan as the time, but very good to work with, and the deadly balle was won. quie. prepared to take the

proves that the aggressive ac- tion of our armies in Italy, and, rough with the smooth.

One more attempt was made by Haler for he was the will costly the Anzio stroke,

made

full contribution power at work at the end of towards the success of "Overlord” February. The 3rd US. Division, the cross-Channel operation], en the eastern fieok, was atack-We shall see later on the part ed by three German. divisions it played in the beration of

Major Nazi effort

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the 1st Guards Brigade in North All this was a great disappoint Africa. By Jan, 30 the let US. ment at home and in the United Armoured Division had landed States, I did not of course knew છે. Anzio and the 45.h US. what orders had been given to THE expected major effom to These were weakened and shaken Rome, Division was on its way. All this Gen. Luets, but it is a root prin- drive us back into the sea at by their previous fallure. The had to be done over the difficult ciple to push out and join iste Anzio opened on Feb 16, when Americans held stubbornly and b1 through the ny with the enemy, and it would the enemy employed over four the attack was broken in a day, beaches

scem that his judgment was divisions, supported by 450 guns, when the Germans had suffered duction, even partially, in any to his critical situation. The shing part.

gains! ¿ from the beginning, in a direct thrust southwards more than 2,500 casuakies. On language, strictly prohibited) bulk of his reserves were already

I had from Campoleone. Hitler's special March 1 Kesselring accepted his situation

now As I said at the time, LIS on comm3led against

(MORE TOMORROW) Adml. John hoped that

hurling a order of the day was read out faire. He had frustrated the signaled Cassino front, but he pulled in stands," whalever units were available, Cunningham (Allied Naval Com- and in 48 hours the equivalent mandar, Mediterranean], "bears to the kuning ct about two divisions was a de relation sembled to rasist Our further thrust by two or three divisions envisaged at Marrakesh, but you mey rcs: assured that no effort will be spared by the Navles to provide the sinews of victory." This promise, as will be seen, was amply redeemed.

advance.

The German Gen. Westphal's comments on the way in which th's was done are illuminating.

At the moment of the landing

south of Rome, apart from Still a mile

certain coastal batteries stand-

ing by, there were only two from town

ba talions...There was nothing

in the neighbourhood

which could be thrown against MORE than four divisions were

the enemy on that same day.

arady ashore in the beach-~ bead. But the Germans, despite The road to Rome was open. our air action agains: their com

hud reinforced No one could have stopped a bald municaticom,

the quickly and strongly. Elements advance-guard entering

usta Holy City. The breath-taking cf eight divisions faced

positions which they had Dow shuatico continued for the first time to dority, Galing ar- two days after the ending. It

German llery fire baransed the crowded was only then that

effec- ledgments we had gained and COUNT-MERtures wer

cur shipping lying off the beaches, suffered damage from air ttacks by night.

Live....

In December, 1943, the [German] Army Group had leeued a com- prehensive plan of emergency for the whole of Italy...

On Feb. 2 Alexander again visi'ed the balle-front, and sent me a full report. German resit-

we were

THE FIRST PICTURE OF A NEW GUIDED - MISSILE

Britain is flying a rocket

bigger

than a V2

In was only necessary to issue arce had increased, and was the code-word "Case Richard" especially strong appealle the

scientists GUIDED misgile — gained by the

has to put into effect these pre- 3d US, Divisiory et Cisterna and acrunged plans. In fact, most the 1st Brish Division at Cam larger than a V2-has greatly impressed Americans, of the troops, in spite of ley poleone. No further offensive was flown over Britain. This is ahead in guided

who were one and a half years.

missile roads over the Apennines, possible until these points were

it-photographed flying over search. The arrived before schedule.

captured,

the Welsh coast near Aber- German High Command helped

HARDLY HURT by sending cops from France, Yugoslavia, and the homeland hard-for Cisterna during he last the biggest and fastest into the dangers of box- The 3rd Division had fought porth, Cardiganshire. It is The enemy kept surprisingly two or three days. The men were guided missile yet built by

quiet. They were apparently tired and were still about A engaged in bulking up mile from the town. bridgehead. It was thus pes- sible to build up a new front opposite them.

Serious news

from front

THE

CHAPMAN

PINCHER

COLUMN

"It seems that the moral and scientists in Britain. Look ng has been carried out by physical benests derived from the U.S. Public Health Depart- boxing far outweigh the dan closely at this remarkable ment following the

states,

be

BLUE A

A FULL inedical inquiry

as holding Campoleone Pilion picture. It was on the secret deaths of the US boxers stare inherent in it," the report was rallway sation, but they were in a very list until recently when it from injuries Inficted in the long and narrow callent and was made available officially. were being shot by everything * from three exdes,

ON Jan. 25 Alexander reported

The enemy hunched a counter that the beach-head was stack on Feb. 3 which drove reasonably mouse. The 3rd U.S. in the salient of the let Bidish Division was four miles from Division and was clearly only Cislpine and the British let prekide to harder things to come, Divalon two under from Cam in the word of Gen. Wilson poleone, said contact we con

ly

doctors' Andings strong-

1. Measure your height, with

out choes to the nearest Inch.

2Write down 1121b. -- eight

stones as a basic weight. Add 4 lb, for every inch

that

your height exceeds five feet.

4 If you are of small build,

81b. subtract

from the total. If you are of large build, add Blb. Do nothing if you are of medium build.

5 Your weight should fall within 5ib, either: way of the total, if it is ideal for your height, says Dr Bryan, Scott.

EXAMPLE. - Estimate weight of a small-framed woman ft 5ins, tail

Bib

Basle weight 1121b. Add

over aft. Total 132lo, Subtract 4x 5lb-2016-for height for a small frame. Final total

12416 Ideal weight should, therefore and 12926.

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of 10 boxers

brunettes.

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Robinion FRY

night elght in middle-age, Glasgow reyo that cf

Professor Willam 2.000 miles an hour. Scientists

Epcolalist seconds before tenth round. can guide it along a radar

Aftör beam to its target.

Their eyes gradually develop Is absorbed by a smicker's lungs, Welch fishermen who now and mortem

About as heard the rocket kept its exls who died in New York on the dark pigment of natural a woman doctor

of Pinat As a result doutors report

some of the darken with age. This explains cigarette's burning mon were not knocked cut by why there are substanUally thee 35 percent lost in the demaging blow lev

:fthoro blue-eyed men, than side-stream of the And, like Turpin most The year motor throws out a A

of of women.

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half then

han bruffed faces. Bome were union on under own market

tinuing along the entire front of the perimeter was sealed tence secret. ⠀

and our forces, therein, are On the 221 serious news arrived, not capable of advancing.? Neither place fnd been Isicer

Guards Brinde had bees Disappointment

of a counter sinek of infinity

and tanks and had some forward at home

they were all about a

and half short of Carpoleone and "the"

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