6th Inniskillings attack Licolle at Sangro

The Sangro River November 1943: Explosions from an Allied bombing raid on German positions on the north bank of the Sangro River.

In Italy on 29 November 1943, the 6th Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers attacked the fortified hill known as Licolle, seizing it after a ferocious battle that went on for much of the day.

During the battle, the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers, while waiting to be called forward from the bridgehead, suffered many casualties from enemy shelling.

The 38 (Irish) Brigade's infantry casualties that day were 28 killed, 55 wounded and 3 missing.