The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-25
Nczis Leave Robot Bases
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 The situation was moving swiftly toward . climax, and spokesunen said dawn Saturday the Allies would he complete masters Of the south bank Of the seine.
 Word Of the mass enemy with. drawal was flashed, back to head quarters by Allied airmen. who re. ported the roads leading east and south from Dieppe. AFniens. Beau vais and the surrounding areas damned with German traffic.
 Through Thursday, large numbers of NaGl trucks were spotted racing down toward the Marne and the German frontier. and RAF night flyers reported that the flow of traffic increased after dark.
 For the first time since the battle Of France began. the Germans ig- nOred the presence of Allied night planes overhead and rode bumper to bumper with their headlights blazing, Indicating the frantic haste of the evacuation.
 Headquarters spokesmen had no immediate comment. beyond the grim note that the weather ir northern France vas clear today and that Allied warplanes already were ranging over the crowded hlgh- ways.
 A German DNB News Agency commentator. Max Krull, tacitly confirmed that the Nazis planned to fall back from northern France. if they had not already started to do so. Krull sail German military plans called for establishment Of the western front on the shortest possible line falling short of the German frontier"
 The reported evacuation Of the Channel coast from which NaH robot bombs have been spreading death indiscriminately through Lon- don and southern England since mid.June. came as four Allied arm- les crushed through the beaten rem. nants Of the German Seventh Army with a speed that indicated the bat tie of the Seine had reached its final hours.
 British and Canadian forces from the west slashed as much as 10 miles into the Nazi pocket between the Risle and Seine rivers while the American ist Army crushed in from the south in converging drives that threatened to carry quickly into the great channel port of Le Havre
 Canadian list Army troops pounded along the channel coast to the out. skirts of Honfieur. directly across the Seine Estuary from Le Havre and within full view Of the port, while the Americans last were reported at Elbeuf. less than 90 miles south of Le Havre. and closing in rapidly.
 Smash Attempt
 RAF flyers smashed one apparent German attempt to evacuaie Te Havre early Thursday morning. and an unc0nilrmed report broadcast by radio France at Algiers said Brlt- ish air-borne troops had been land- cd near the port in the Seine Estuary area.
 Canadian troops drove 10 miles east Of Lisieux to Bri0nne on tine Risle river. while another column lunged forward north of Orbec to capture Thiberyille and push on to the Risle east of Bernay, whi.h was occupied in the advance.
 The Canadians also moved for ward on the M0nnai-B Bernay high way. gaining four miles and cap turing Brogiie.
 Rafusaasa Nfaaa.aw as.A ta.n al.nn.oa coast. the Dominion troops also hammered out deep gains. moving forward four miles from P0nt Leye. que 10 establish . solid [ l-2 mile line along the Calonne river from MOyauy to Les AutinieuY.
 Channel Thrust
 The American thrust toward the channel along the south bank of the Seine was reported meeting RtifFer opposition as the Germans fought fliriously to hold open the last remaining Seine crossings north 0f Elbeuf Fierce fighting ragged in the latter city. which had been reported captured yesterday.
 The Americans, however, had linked their left flank with the Brit. ist 2nd Army line near concheg and were grinding steadily into tho southern rim Of the pocket.
 Allied alrmen reported that many Of the Nazls. trapped against the Seine without boats or bridges, were attempting to swim the stream un- der continuous attack by log'0ying planes.
 Below the great pocket. AmeIt- ean troops closed in around Paris | from the north, west and south while the French And Arin0red Di- vision raced Into the capital to re. lieVe the embattled PaTislan street Army there.
 Monteresw Occupied
 M0nterean, 20 miles s0uthvsouthS east of Paris. was occupied by the Americans. and the bTldgeheads across the Seine around Melhn and P0ntainebleau were strengthened,
 The Germans launched several counter attacks against the Seine bridgeheads above Paris in the Mantle area, but broke or the as- sault under heavy American fire,
 The headquarters e0mmnnlque gave no new details on the progress of It, Gen. George s, Patt0n's U, s, aTd Army columns which last were reported well beyond Sens, and pushing into the outskirts of TfOyes, barely ls0 miles from the German border,
 Another Yank column was sell beyond M0ntaFgls, 2b miles south, west Of Sens, in supporting thrust Into eastern France,