Action despatch no. 4 by John Proudfoot.

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Year
1945
Reference
20025
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1945
Reference
20025
Media type
Audio
Series
U series
Categories
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio field reports
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:03:40
Credits
RNZ Collection
Proudfoot, John, 1914-1998, Commentator, New Zealand Mobile Broadcasting Unit
New Zealand Mobile Broadcasting Unit, Broadcaster

John Proudfoot, correspondent with the wartime New Zealand Mobile Broadcasting Unit in Italy, sends a despatch from the Santerno River area.

[He greets the BBC at the start of his report, so it was possibly also for broadcast by them. Artillery fire can be heard in the background of the voice report. ]

The enemy line at the Santerno River had been breached and the crossing of the canal did not go unopposed.
A strong attack by the Māori Battalion allowed the extension of the bridge-head to be pressed forward.
That afternoon a strong force was established across the Santerno and the allied forces were strongly supported by fighter and bomber attacks.