Show Nazi Secret ecret Weapon Backfires in n New Italy Beachhead Blow BIow Allied Guns Blow Up Filled Explosive Radio Guided Ta Tanks Tarik ks By Richard G. G Massock l A ALL ALLIED L L I E D HEADQUARTERS Naples Naple March 1 UP Germ R German n troops armed with a new s secret cret weapon tank loaded with explosives explosives have slugged out ut h In new new assaults assaults as u- against the b beachhead beach a head and allied headquarters said ld this may be a a. a third great offensive aimed at driving the Invasion troops into the e sea The nazis opened a heavy attack at t tack midway between Carroceto and Tuesday morning and this was growing Artillery duels dueTs thundered an and front dispatches Tuesday night said the enemy had pounded th the beachhead with the heaviest bombardment bombardment bom boni- since the initial landings Headquarters disclosed the Germans Ger- Ger Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans had used new radio con trolled tanks bearing pound 1000 charges and designed JO to blow up up within allied lines In their second major offensive against the beachhead beachhead beach beach- head but that tha allied artillery had exploded 14 of the them before they reached the allied line The blasts blast probably caused great damage to nazi positions in Instead tead The Germans Germans' struck at the beachhead at two p points ints Mond Monday and Tuesday night and continued to exert pressure without r re result suit sult headquarters said There were wert no details detaiL on tJi the thrust against the eastern half of the beachhead between Carr Carroceto ceto and Cisterna but it if it develops develop into a major offensive It would ouId be the third attempt t to wi wipe o tit t the strongly held allied sector r Allied artillery and bombers bombe lashed back with U. 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S planes planes' la s' s hammering nazi tro troops ps and Tanks lanks massed in m the Cisterna area The Germans were probing tile the beachhead lines apparently seeking seeking seeking seek seek- ing a soft spot and nazi t tAnkS tank appeared in increasing numbers I Allied artillery and mortars mortar broke brok up a small but determined attack on British positions In the cut ravina-cut Moletta area southwest of Carroceto where here close fighting continued This was the third the third attack in three days of ot skirmishing skirmish skirmish- ing in which four nazi tanks w were svere knocked out A British company on patr patrol l' l captured prisoners In this area The Germans heavily shelled Ameri American an positions southeast of Carro Carroceto eto Monday night and then two strong enemy patrols pressed forward but were thrown back Allied shells scored hits on what N seemed to De be two enemy l tion dumps Artillery also repulsed a G German German Ger Ger- man patrol in the coastal area along the northern part of ot ote the e beachhead The beachhead battle was d de developing developing de- de In cloudy weather wit with showers On the main Cassino front to the Continued on Pas Page Pact Seven Seve- Column One J J i. i I. I Secret Weapon Backfires r on r 1 Germans in Italy Continued fr from m Page One fist at Brit British h troops threw back L. L nazi narl attack near Mt Mu Ine in e lower Garigliano river bend nd md allied guns successfully shelled erman motor-borne motor troops on six near Cassino leavy eavy Guns Active Along the Adriatic sector army forces improved position l lion tion on on a a. ridge south of of Guardia Guardia- rele ele and allied patrols felt out lines Jines Heavy guns were ac- ac tive live J iAn An official announcement de- de scribed the nazi radio-controlled radio tanks oinks as u having a low silhouette with a radio aerial for directing It and then exploding it by remote control against a chosen target The former Lehr regiment crack unit which had been stationed permanently in the Great German Gennan training center of to demonstrate the latest weapons r md nd tactics was brought to Italy to put the tanks into action 1 With great fanfare the regiment regiment regi regi- ment now known as the in infantry ins in- fantry paraded before the main nazi forces and staged an abortive demonstration of the new weapon The tank wheels spun around but out the tanks themselves failed to move at that time Artillery Stops Tanks Used in the second offensive against the beachhead none of he tanks actually reached allied in lines ines s falling victim to artillery rue lire Allied airmen flew some sorties over the beachhead beachhead corn com com- ared jared with 30 by the Germans Germans- md delivered their heaviest heavies blow it t enemy concentrations around U. U S. S Invaders dumped 14 tons f bombs in inan an hours hour's attack there in m average of ot pounds of exl ex- ex l sive a minute ripping into the lazi tazi camp drove home he blow with pound 1000 bombs ind md just before dusk the town of Cisterna it iti it- it i self elf lf Six allied and six German planes vere were lost during the day Other allied formations pounded lazi targets ringing the beach- beach lead tead and Marauders raided the I airfield northwest t of i tome ome The railroad station at on the east coast also vas as hit Thunderbolts a and d Spitfires at- at along the Yugoslav coast titling fitting a merchant ship near Du- Du trains trails and motor trans- trans or orts 8 fuel dumps and an enemy i seaplane base Spitfires sank an boat 3 off Corfu |