Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekusvika muFlorence, General Pool akanyora muSpecial Order yeZuva, kuti divi raive "... rakafukidzwa kubvira pavakasiya nzvimbo yavo yekusangana kuTaranto, zvombo zvavo zvepfuti zvainge zvapfura 201,500, maInjiniya eDivisional akanga avaka mabhiriji makumi matanhatu neshanu (rimwe pazuva!) uye vakaita 196 kutsauka kukuru kunodiwa ne'kurova' uye kuparadza. Varidzi vezviratidzo vakanga vaisa tambo dzorunhare". Chikamu ichi chakazobviswa muEighth Army reserve kuzorora nekuchengetedza munzvimbo yeSiena / Castelnuovo kusvika musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu, pakaburitswa mirairo yekuti chikamu ichi chiendeswe kubva kuBritish XIII Corps kuenda kuUS IV Corps kuti chinotsiva zvikamu zvakabviswa kuUS Seventh Army yekurwisa kumaodzanyemba kweFrance
. The 6th South African Armoured Division yakapiwa kuNew Corps yavo muU.S. Fifth Army kubva musi wa22 Nyamavhuvhu 1944 uye yakatsiviwa muXIII Corps neBritish 6th Armoured Division.