Monte Cassino. Below the summit of Monte Trocchio, opposite Cassino, Captain Matarehua Wikiriwhi, commander of the XXVIII Maori Battalion, leads the traditional propitiatory haka dance, performed for the first time in Italy. 343 Maori die and 1,200 are injured. Wikiriwhi himself is left with a shattered leg that will later be amputated.
