The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-17
BY LEON KAY

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 With the Third Army in the Field, September IT. - (UP) -- Blue anti tank battalions of the 45th and 36th divisions had the Red tanks of the powerful Second armored division completely blocked as night fell on the second day of these gigantic maneuvers.
 under the critical eye of General George c. Marshall, chief of staff of the United States Army, who de- cided he would see more in this sector, the newly organized groups struggled, sweated and choked in the dust on the slopes of Pearson's Ridge. .. The Blue defenders knocked off one Red tank after another as fast as they came crashing out Of the brush.
 Argued With Umplres
 Red tank commanders finally started arguing with the umpires' One of them even appealed to me. as a supposedly unbiased observer, without army connections. Nothing like that happened to me during the bAitzkrieg in Jugoslavia.
 Now look here" he said to me, twas l raking that Blue column as I came out of that cornfield or wasn't IF"
 LAW, go on," replied the opposing Blue officer, i've saw you hiding In the bushes on the other side of the cornfSeld and had you covered with five Onti-tank guns before you even got started. eW opened fire on you at 100 yards.
 That's what comes of not having any blank ammunition either for the tanks or for the anti-tank guns. They both wave an orange flag as they dash into battle, which means, T am giving you hell.
 Risking possible capture by the Reds, went into battle against the armored columns in the higher county about Il miles north or Hornheck, known as Peasons ridge in the jeep of Lieut.. Col. Paul Bell, commander of an anti-tank group attached to the F'orty-fifth infantry. We had 24 37-millimeter and l6 75-millimeter guns, besides ma chine guns mounted on trucks, sup porting infantry and scout cars.
 The radio in our jeep picked up reports from advance scout cais that Red tanks were trying to break through In groups of two to six along a 20-mile front between the rsisatchie National forest ard Sa- bine river. We reached a spot on the road well up In front when we sighted an enemy scout car and machine gun about 200 yards down the next hlll, In a spray of sand and dust, like a destroyer turning at full speed we swirled around and laid a chemical smoke-screen behind us, Meanwhile our commander had giv- en orders for anti-tank guns to come up well forward, to Enfilade the front in all directions.
 Roar of Tanks
 The road of tanks now became audible on our left. Soon two Of the monsters appeared out of the woods and plowed across all inter- vening cornfield, stimulating rak- ing fire of the anti-tank forces drawn up along the road.
 We captured the two tanks by dint of Superior fire" that is, we waved more orange flags than the tanks did.
 What had seemed like real war until that time degenerated into an argument with the umpire, es- pecially after one of the tank tur- rets there claimed lieutenant col onel commanding a whole battalion of tanks which he had placed out of order. They're cocky crowd, these tank crowds.
 These actions were repeated until we had captured total of seven Red tanks. We lost two anti-tank guns and a couple of infantry pla- toons.
 This wild dashing of tanks in small groups of two or more con- trasted greatly with the well-timed methodical progress of German armored column such saw ad- vancing through Jugo-Slavia. Ger man tanks don't rush around the countryside without first making an adequate reconnaissance.
 Tn military language, the Ger mans use their tanks to penetrate on an established front, to sur round and destroy forces already concentrated On that front. What saw was more like an old-Iashioned cavalry action attempting a flanx- ing movement and permitting the enemy to dispose his defensive forces to' the greatest advantage.
 RY RICHARD C. HOTTELET Limited Press staff Correspondent
 With the Second Army in Louisl' ana. Sept. i7.-(UP)-The Red army today held prisoner six members oi an enemy suicide squad which pene' trated Into the heart Of the See end army in an attempt to "bomb' it's headquarters and capture Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear.
 Before It's capture, the Aeyen-Ehaf party succeeded in setting ofi twl smoke pots in the corridors 0t Sec end army headquarters 8 few mln utes after Lear had left tl1e build ifg. rho smoke pots repre- entes illgh explosives which in var utnl Would have damoliahsd Inc euiidlnl
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