British Naval Bombardment Helps 5th. Army On Garigliano - Action Pictures - The bombardment of enemy roads, and positions being carried out by the forward torrest at night. A naval operation, in support of the Fifth Army's break across the Garigliano River, took place on the 18th. and 19th. of January, 1944, when E.M. cruisers and destroyers bombarded targets on the enemy held Littoral, north-west of the river mouth. Read Admiral J.N. Mansfield, D.S.C., had just succeeded Read Admiral C.H.J. Harcourt in command of a cruiser squadron. February 08, 1944. (Photo by British Official Photograph).