The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-06

along lts whole front was uhder- going the most concentrated enemy artillery b0nibaFdment since Y bfok theFugh Co eastern France in ths Mets and Nancy areas,
 British empire forces on thg northern half Of the front resumed theiF siege Of DunkeFque, last Ger ITlansheld port on the French channel coast, following eKplFatloiI of 6 truce t0 eVaeuate civilians, Aile frightened their are around 100 00s Germans in southwestern Holland with A general advance Of one to thFe emles north and northeast O. AFtWeFy,
 Supreme headquarters announced inst the battle Of DunkeFque broke out aneW at 10 A, ili,, ending 8 b2" hour truce that prevailed while iD,. GOO civilians moved out Of the town British and Canadian troops were revealed 70 Dc in position for the final assault and waves Of benlbeFh already were hamIHeFing the port,
 kt, Gen, Courtney H, Hodges sent his ist Army Infantry over the top ln the Ubaeh dap 6 half hour after his tanks hurled themselves against hastllysbuilt Germans defenses on the western fFinges Of the Cologne plain,
 Infantry Advance
 While the tanks FaInHied east, ward from BeggendeFf, Q mile and a half east Of Ubaeh, infantry pushed nesth toward deilenkiFehen ln an attempt Co widen further the ESD in the concrete defenses Of the BieRfFied line, The corridor already was three miles wide, Clear skies enablet the air forces t0 give fuii support to the two drives and front reports said bembeFs and fighters had been out in strength since dawn,
 United Press War Correspondent Robert Richards, with the 3Pd AFFly, said Pattons D0ughb0ys still were holding aii captured ground in the P0Ft DFiAHt fortress area two hours after the start Of the German eeunteFsAttaek,
 The Germans threw both tanks and infantry into the e0uBteFsats tack, ainHed principally at the n0rths west corner Of the for, a 7Iib A, n, iH a fuii-Beaie effeF to Hush the Americans from their feKh0les and captured piiiboSes and gun empiaie. Eaents,
 The ieenteFsattaek followed al- most f9 h0eFs ef continuous RhHIIs ing from batteries concealed in the woods west Of the M0selle and ifl the feFt Itself, Richards estimated that the Germans sent 300 t0 500 rounds into the f0Ft afea during the night
 German artillery als0 was active south Of Metz, especially in the Legey aFea q miles east Of Nancy, Several very large eaiibeP shells, bes lieved from railway guns, fell iH one sector,
 Richards said the Germans were observed busily digging iH al along tie front northeast Of Nancy, aDs paFentiy hoping t0 stabilize the ffent Co teEfleh warfare such as pFe- vaIled ln the last war, ThFd Army troops north Of bunes vile cleared the Germans from the Paffey Woods With the exception Of one fourth Of the northeast e0Fs HeF,
 eaaFbTueken In Flames
 ID Co Tb0 British bombs lent iHs areet sup0Ft t0 the Third Army last NWht With 6 heavy raid on BaaFs laVlBikefl, one Of the main supply &DesseHeeks for German forces fighting in northeast France, The city was left in flames, returning aiFfnen reported.
 On the Netherlands fFont, British Empire troops made another cross Ing 0f the Dutch frontier from Bel, gillEn in the vicinity at Putte, north Of Antwerp, and extended their eaFiieF penetFati0ns above BaaFle Nasasu end P0ppel,
 Other forces pushed ID the road from 1fiIvaFenbeek to within three miles south Of TilbuFg, which the Germans have fortified as 6 pivot for what appears to Q developing withdrawal from theiF exposed sals ae1t in southwestern Holland.
 A1Dhen, five miles southwest of 1IIbnFg, also was captured, while otin another column gained two miIes from RyckezFsei east Of Tiis bHFE.
 On the east flank Of the BFilsh corridor into the Netherlands, Fe- eletance from strong points iEIl- peded Allied forces in the oVeFIoon ares, I've enemy eounteFsRttackg eOukhwest Of oveFioon were cons kafned,