fought a heavily contested battle to seize a ridge beyond the River Marecchia. Weather then impeded progress, causing a one day delay in the crossing a river on 29 September, and then a six-day delay in the crossing of the Fiumicino. Throughout October, the division fought a series of river-crossing actions that also required the ridges and hills beyond to be captured. During this period, the division was opposed by the 114th Jäger Division. On 20 October, Cesena was captured, and the division linked up with the Italian resistance movement. The division was then rested. After an advance of since 25 August, the division had crossed ten rivers and had taken 2,000 prisoners. On 6 November 1944, Major-General Stephen Weir, a New Zealand Military Forces officer who had commanded the 2nd New Zealand Division previously, became GOC. The division returned to action the next day and helped clear the outskirts of Forlì. Faced by the 26th Panzer and the 356th Infantry Divisions, the 46th fought another series of river-crossing actions through 20 November. On 3 December, after several days of preparation, the division advanced across the River Lamone and battled with the German 305th Infantry Division over the following four days. Under the cover of dark, on 9 December, the German 90th Panzergrenadier Division launched a counterattack. Heavy fighting would rage through to the next day before the German attack was repulsed. During this counterattack, Captain John Brunt conducted an aggressive defence during two actions and helped retrieve wounded men who had been stranded between the lines. These actions resulted in him posthumously earning the VC, as he was killed the following day. From the landing at Salerno to the end of the campaign against the Gothic Line, the division suffered a total of 9,880 casualties. This included 1,447 killed, 6,476 wounded, and 1,957 missing. Between the two campaigns, the division captured 4,507 German soldiers. Greece At the end of August 1944, the majority of German military units in Greece began withdrawing because of the Soviet Union's offensive into Romania and the latter changing sides. This was followed shortly after by Bulgaria entering the war against Germany and the Yugoslav Partisans attacking German lines of communication. With German formations remaining only on a handful of Greek islands, the British moved forward with their plan to reoccupy the country. On 18 October, supported by British forces, the Greek government-in-exile returned to