NEW INFORMATION RECEIVED
SINCE BOOK PUBLISHED
From Norway to Burma by
Roger Holgate
20 Jan 44
Kesselring ordered a major
counter attack by 29 Panzer Grenadier Division with the object of rescuing 94
Infantry Division, which was trapped in the area of Castelforte, out of fuel
and under constant attack. By that time
13 Infantry Brigade had driven off a dawn counterattack which allowed 15
Infantry Brigade to pass them. 1 KOYLI
were ordered to capture the town of Tufo, which is situated on the peak of a
volcanic outcrop, and so dominates the surrounding area. Obviously, this fact was not lost on the
Germans, and after a gruelling climb, 1 KOYLI were forced into a street battle,
to clear the defenders out of town. The
Green Howards overcame the defences at Minturno and Tremensuoli, as the York
& Lancs. pushed toward Santa Maria Infante.
German counterattacks took
place near Santa Maria Infante, but the British forces stood their ground, in a
brutal encounter that surged back and forth.
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