The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-14
DUTCH FIGHTING
IN DESPERATION
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"The situation In north Brabant
is uncertain but iceland Cthe south"
western province below Rotterdam
Is still In our hands.
"Our task Is heavy but our cause
Is worth fighting for. Long live the
queen and the fatherland"
Earlier II had been admitted that
German motorized troops, thrusthng
across Holland In an attempt TO
drive gigantic steel wedge be-
tween Dutch troops and their AL
lies 10 the south, had forced the
drebbe defense line at one point
west OF Anthem and had forced
their way across the Moordijk rail-
road bridge south OF Rotterdam
Zulder Zee Dam
(The Zulder Zee dam Is 20 miles
long end separates the large arm OF
the North sea which JutS INTO
northern Holland from the sea IT.
self, The dam has made possible the
reclamation OF large sections OF thlS
arm, the uider Zee. Across us Top
is highway connecting It's east
ern and western shores. The Ger
mans are on the east; on the west,
40 miles south OF the Dyke, Is Am.
sterdam, Thirty miles southwest OF
Amsterdam B the Hague, the capi-
tai and heart Of tho country
Gen, Winkolman, IN his state"
ment, admitted that the northeast.
ern provinces Of GronIngen and
Triesand were fully IN German
hands but said that German ef-
forts 10 capture the Iuider Zee
Dyke had been frustrated. The
Helder naval base at the tip OF
North Holland remained IN Dutch
hands, he said
Gen, Winkelman denied q state
ment which he said the German
radio had made that the people
were now without @ government,
"Our country Is still under It's
own government, although the gov
eminent has moved elsewhere" he
said.
Tactics Of Poland
Using the tactics which took them
through Poland last September and
through mid Norway last month, AT
amazing speed, the Germans appar-
emily sought 10 establish them.
selves firmly on the North Sea coast
between Rotterdam and Antwerp
with @ line OF communication eX-
tending back through q 150-mile
wedge base between Anthem IN
Holland and the Luxembourg from.
tier, II they succeed they will men-
ace England, q scant $50 miles across
the North Sea.
The high command admitted that
the Germans, after having been
driven from foothold IN the
drebbc defense line, had counter
attacked 10 re.cstablish their hold.
This line, extending roughly from
south TO north, from the Vicinity
OF Rhenen west OF Anthem and the
Yssel river, runs up TO the Zulder
Zee Gake IjsseD. IT Is one OF two
lines protecting Amsterdam from
the south.
Driving westward along a string
OF villages, known as the Lang
Strait, on an arm or the Mas
river, the Germans had crossed the
important Moerdijk bridge. This
bridge provides the chief rail COM
municatIon between northern and
southern Holland and between Hol-
land and Belgium.
Belgium asserted that its hard
pressed troops had retaken one vii
lage In a countcr-a ATTACK supported
by Allied tanks. British troops were
now engaged heavily, with the Bel
gians, In the area west OF the Albert
Canal In the Liege region.
Nazis at Top Speed
In what Winston Churchill de-
scribed yesterday as the preliminary
phase Of one Of the greatest BATTLES
In history, the Germans were driv-
ing at top speed on all fronts with
apparent disregard TO losses.
The Allies were racing time 10
get their full forces into effective
action before the Germans reached
the North Sea coast in sufficient
strength to establish bases opposite
Great Britain.