20/10/1943. 6.= pm.
The Germans are retreating before the 5th
Army in the hills north of the Volturno.
The 8th Army had to meet with stiffer
enemy resistance.
Yesterday the 5th Army made more
satisfactory progress. Further North
the banks of the river have been reached
and crossed.
Not many German prisoners are
being taken.
The next line of resistance may be
6 miles north of the Volturno on the
coast
West of Termoli patrol encounters
continue and our troops are 10
miles inland from Termoli.
The 78th division is in the 8th Army
line. Between Ancona and Pescara
the railway line has been cut in
4 places and also airfields were
strafed by our planes. The interception
of two more Italian ships in
the Adriatic by two of our destroyers
is announced. One vessel with a
German armed guard on board
was brought in port and the other
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