25/5/1944 6.= pm. Frederick Allen
Patrols of the main 5th Army linked up with
patrols from the beachhead early this morning.
750 Flying Fortresses and Liberators attacked
targets across the Channel early this
morning escorted by fighters in their hundreds.
In the beachhead our troops are in the outskirts
of Cisterna.
A special communique this afternoon
gives the fine news from Italy that the 5th Army
troops from the main front have linked up
with patrols of the beachhead. This brings to
a climax the spectacular success of our
main army forces who have covered 60
miles in 14 days.
At 7.30 this morning says our correspondent
the beachhead ceased to be a beachhead
and he has been to the scene of the meeting
of both armies with General Mark Clark.
Thereby the heroic nightmare of Anzio is
at last over. General Clark was met by
Lieutenant Barkly [?] and our correspondent
was Wynford Vaughan-Thomas. Correspondents
stress the point that the link up by patrols
of two fronts does not mean a firm junction between
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