Show I I 1 Germans Germans' Capture Factory City in Italy Beachhead n By Morin MorinA orin A ALLIED L L lE D HEADQUARTERS Algiers Feb 16 UP American IP-American American siege guns have opened a co concentrated concen cen- cen bomb bombardment nt of Monastery on hill hi and br breaches aches have been opened in that main sector of the German line overlooking Cassino it was announced Wednesday but butIn butin butin in the invasion beachhead t to the west headquarters acknowledged loss of Carroceto 10 miles mie north of Anzio Warships again battered the thc Ge Germans ns ringing he the be beachhead d and RA F V. V down bloc blockbusters us i in 8 a night nigh a attack c United States States' artillery artlery opened up on hill hi fOllowing the aerial aerial destruction of historic Mt Cassino Gassino abbey which th the Germans had converted into a 1 fortress German infantry presumably was still in possession of ot th the keyhill key keyhill hill hi above besieged Cassino where violent battling swept into its it fifteenth day The Tho Tc fighting Increased in Intensity intensity iten- iten sity as American soldiers who already hold one third one third of or the town continued the methodical destruction destruction ton tion of house after house which the nazis have converted into miniature min mm- latUre fortresses The lull lul in ground fighting inthe in the beachhead continued the com corn reporting only patrol clashes in the Cisterna and Carroceto Carroceto Carroceto Car- Car Aprilia areas Headquarters said Carroceto was in German hands Fierce fighting ha has hal swirled in this neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- with a canning factory there changing hands f four ur times Aled Allied forces had pushed four miles mUe north of Carroceto to the outskirts outskirts out out- skirts of Campoleone 16 miles mie below below below be be- low Rome but but German counterattacks counterattacks counter counter- attacks forced them back While allied aled gave direct support support to infantry on both bot the beach and main Fifth army front front A 36 Invaders struck a sharp series of blows at railroad yards in the suburbs of Rome plastering the ere and Ti- Ti burtina freight yards through which German erman supplies and rel rein reinforcements reinforcements were moving southward south south- w ward rd The Paris r radio dio sal said th the Rome area was attacked again agai on Wednesday and ana that C Caste Castel stel Gandolfo Gan Gari dolfo dollo was hit Tuesday The Te Germans launched their first attack atack in several weeks against Eighth army positions sending infantry and light tanks against Indian troops The assault assault as as- sault saul described as on a small m J scale was beaten back In the town of Cassino doughboys doughboys doughboys dough dough- I boys were forcing their way through blistering machine gun gunfire gunfire gunfire fire from steel reinforced concrete pillboxes in the he dwellings These prot protected by armor Continued on Page Pase patt Four Column One Ono Germans Capture Factory City Cily in Italy Beachhead Continued Continue from irom r rn On plate plate three to four Inc Inches es thick each are re held by two men nien aIming aimIng aiming aim- aim Ing machine guns tuns with periscopes without exposing themselves P Photographic hot 0 g rap hie reconnaissance reconnaisSance sance showed hawed that the Ben Benedictine I monastery was ya destroyed Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day In tie the tl e. attack aUck by United States heavy and ancI medium bomb bombers rs and artillery fire Only a small portion portion portion por por- tion o of the west wall was left lett l Infantrymen n who watched the assault assaul said th bombing bombin was Willi extremely ex cx accurate and successful b Immediately after the planes left allied artillery shells began dropping into the monastery ruins and nd the entire a area ea around The Germans may have tried to tosh rush sh infantry back into the ruins but whether they succeeded was not known here The smoked out nearly nazis Clearing weather brought virtually virtu ally aUy every type of ot allied aircraft into action and Liberators also struck at t the Poggibonsi 20 miles milea south of Florence Nine ine enemy nemy planes plane were downed including including including ing four over the beachhead while the allies aIlIe- lost one One formation of ot Invaders caught ug t a a. string of nearly OO freight cars car in Inthe the yards on h the outskirts of Rome Ronie hitting them with pound bombs Another Another An An- ot other er slashed at an equally large concentration at lilt the station tation on the banks of the Tiber All An the A 36 Invaders returned l safely feI It was their first raid against the Rome area Bridges highways S supply uP p ply 1 y dumps gun positions command posts an and enemy troops troop and motor transport throughout the whole area between Rome and the fr fronts to the south lOUth were raked with fire and high explosives |