The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-03
AMERICAN ARMIES
ALL DRIVE AHEAD.
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Deurme to the Dutch town of Mel
iel. only 1C miles from Roermond
where a good bridge spans thu
Mas (Meuse) river on the roac
to Germany.
The Americans also threw two
other punches at the Germans
One was at Havert, just inside
tbe Reich, IL miles northwest Of
this fighting, and the other al
Overlono, in Holland just south Of
british positions on the west bank
of the Mas.
The Germans again struck back
with flame-throwing counterat-
lacks, striking at Berg, "a miles
southeast Of Aachen.
The focal point of fighting was
between Ubach and Herzogenrath,
nine and five miles respectively
,,orth of Aacnen. They were about
four miles from the main highway
TO Julien, road junction % miles
from Dusseldorf and an equal dis
lance from Cologne.
This was the largest Of three
main attacks which Hodges lev
lied at the enemy on 5O-mile
front extending northward into
holland where the British were
noised in position to strike at the
siegfried lines northern terminal
at Kleve.
It was the biggest air show
since the July breakthrougn at St.
To which destroyed German mill
+arv power in most Of France.
thousands Of Dutch, Belgian and
German villagers came out to
watch the awesome aerial armada
cross the cloud-flecked sky.
The first bombs plummeted into
Yne green German pasture-lands
and forests at 9 am. and then
1o.incl1 guns of one Of the heav-
list American artillery concentra-
+icns ever put On to any battle
field opened up barrage that
made the earth tremb1e for miles.
Patrols also had been out dur
ing the night knocking off the
nillboxes from which the Germans
could oppose the crossing at the
small Wurm river, but despite all
this. strong German forces sur
vived the cyclone Of explosives
dumped upon their positions.
After the doughboys had storm
I'd through the first shocked and
stunned defenders they struck
heavy artillery, mortar and small
arms fire from r\lboxes.
Supreme headquarters cautioned
correspondents not to expect a
quick breaktnrough.
The entire 460-mile front show
ed signs of restlessness, and in
dications were that soon the furi-
GUS fighting would spread.
The British moved UP assault
lines on an 18-mile front in Hol-
land after smashing back two
vicious counterblows aimed at
their narrow Nijmegen corN1or.
They moved out menacnigly to-
ward the German stronghold Of
IS Herto-Genbosch, Is miles south
west of Nijmegen, and were in
assault positions only three miles
TO the east in what may be 4
drive against the estimated 200,-
900 Germans walled off to the
west.
The Germans said this five
mile push was paced by the vet
ersn desert bat'' Seventh Brit
ish armored division, which chas-
ed Marshal Erwin Rommel out OF
North Africa.)
The Canadian First Army to
the southwest, pounding the south
flank of this German force, drove
north four miles into Holland
against stubborn resistance.
On the south Of the new u. S.
offensive. the U. S. Third Army
swung sharply northward close to
junction with the First Army.
Driving through Luxembourg,
The Third seized the little Duchy's
seventhcentury village Of Grew
enmacher, only II miles southwest
Ct the German Siegfried fortress
Of Trier, scene of the First Ar
nays original entry into Germany.
At the southern end Of the long
front, the U. S. Seventh Army
was slowed to an advance OF a
few hundred yards at the south