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The Fortore Valley below Gambatesa
A 1994 road map of Gambatesa shows the locations of the Daunia and Sannio Mountain ranges referred to in Lt.-Col. Nicholson's text. However, that map also shows Strada statale ("State Road") No. 645, the Campobasso-Foggia road that bypasses the village of Gambatesa to the north, and the Lago di Occhito, neither of which existed at the time of the Second World War.
On the map below, only principal roads are shown. [The road shown is Via Appulo-Sannitica (State Road No. 17), the only way there used to be to travel between the provincial capital Cities of Foggia and Campobasso.] Solid red lines indicate Canadian forces. This map was compiled and drawn by the Historical Section, G.S. [General Staff].
