22/5/1944 1.= pm. Frederick Allen
The 8th Army is still fighting hard against the
main defenses in the North of the Adolf
Hitler line.
The 5th Army is at Pontecorvo where the outskirts
of the town have been reached.
Polish troops are in Piedimonte.
French and American troops have also
pressed forward and are now 4 to 5 miles
beyond Fondi which is the most Western
point. Correspondents have since reported
that the Americans have already a vanguard
at Terracina. The French are 2 miles
northeast of Pico. Piedimonte was reached on
Saturday and encircled.
The number of prisoners taken is
now over 6000. Our fighter planes maintained
battle line patrols. Our fighter bombers
attacked dumps, gun positions, transport
and so on and our medium bombers
went further attacking bridges etc.
Our aircraft made 1450 flights, only 24 German
planes were seen over the battle area,
8 planes were destroyed and 5 of ours are
missing. By day and night the British
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