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TUI. l - no. 1*0 • rriuaj, hwt. a, *g*t. - *i •WHERE ALLIES BUCKLED STRONG GERMAN DEFENSESTHIS IS THE RATTLE LINE where Allied and German troops have been at grip}* for more than two weeks in the steep Apennines. The backbone of the line, stretching from the Tyrrhenian to the Adriatic Sea. was the key town of Isernia. 1400 feet high whic h served as the hnfc for the enemy’s lateral supply lines. The o apfttfte of Isemia has virtually snapped the Boche’s defensive position in. halt and brim forcwi to withdraw on his ri-lit Hank in order to avoid eneirclemcnt by ath Army forces, coming up the coast toward Rome.the enemyA!CrNcC«iFalStnAM,mighty crumbhr great Is hallBritJ on the enteredRuslt;Big0Red*SquaFoui
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Palermo, Sicily, IT

Fri, Nov 05, 1943

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