Disaster as shell hits Royal Artillery battery

18th January 1944: Gunner Spike Milligan has a traumatic night as his gun crew suffers many dead and wounded

The First Battle of Monte Cassino, 17 January-11 February 1944. Crossing of the Garigliano River. A 5.5 inch medium guns of the 56th Infantry Division (British X Corps, US Fifth Army) in action during the night barrage which opened the assault on the Garigliano River by the British X Corps, 17 January 1944