Cassino to the Alps - US Army Center Of Military History

from the 88th Division's 350th and
351 st Infantry Regiments. On the -left
of the corps' sector another task force,
built upon the 338th Infantry, led the
85th Division across the northern slope
of the Alban Hills. On the corps' right
the FEC had begun relief of the 3d
Division's 15th Infantry in the vicinity
of Palestrina. That regiment then rapidly
leapfrogged the 7th, 30th, and
349th Infantry Regiments to reach positions
from which it could screen Frederick's
right flank as his combined force
passed south of Tivoli on the way to
Rome. As successive French units relieved
the 7th and 30th Infantry Regi-
GERMAN TROOPS WITHDRAWING FROM ROME
CASSINO TO THE ALPS
ments these too moved f()r,,'ard to .10111
the 15th Infantry. By the morning of 4
June the entire 3d Division was deployed
across the II Corps' right fbnk
south of the Aniene River, "'hile the
FEC deployed north of the Via Prenestina
and northwest of Palestrina. 20
At the same time two companies of
the 1st Special Service Force, mounted
in eight armored cars of the 81 st
Armored Reconnaissance Battalion of
Howze's task f{)rce, began moving along
Highway 6 toward the suburb of Centocelie,
three miles cast of Rome. When
'" II Corps Opns Rpt. Jun 44,