The final stages of the Battle of the Moro River sees the Canadians descend into “the Gully”. The Gully is seized, but with tough German resistance all along Eighth Army’s line, the Canadians are tasked with seizing one more objective before the end of 1943 – Ortona. It would be there, in the streets and alleyways of Ortona, that one of the most famous battles in Canadian military history would be fought. Begin Chapter…