The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-16
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 on tho EFanco-Amerloan sixty army group front in Eastern France, an attack on Q o0-mile Nne carried French troops through snow tipped ridges 5000 feet high Co within two miles of the RemlrOtno ont- 0erArd~ mer road through the echulcht pass above Heltort,
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 Lt. Gen. Jacob l., pevers forces gained up Co Ave miles In the first i2 hours of their offensive along . front stretching north from To Thlllot, some 90 miles above Bel. fort Co the MArnO-Rhln0 Canal near Lunevllle,
 TeN assault on the southwestern gateway Co Germany came while It. Gen, Courtney II, Hodges Amer lean lst Army was punching deeper into the center ot beselged AAchen. key to the northern gateway Co the Rhine land, and beating of steadily increasing enemy c0unter~attaeks,
 A German broadcast claimed Ger man grenadlNrs had re.eaptured Vers lOtenhelde, three miles northeast ot AAehen in O powerful oounter~Ate tack, but this waS not confirmed by Allied sources,
 A front dispatch said the Amer jeans had begun Q new attack northeast of AAehsn this morning In an attempt Go close the German corridor, stlll one-hAlf to three quarters of Q mile wide, into the ruined city,
 At the northern end of tho front, British 2nd Army patrols in the Netherlands thrust across the low- CT Rhine river for tho first time since the Red povil pAratroopS made their Ahortlve attack on ArnheiIn three weeks ago,
 Crossing the lS0-toot.wide river under cover Of darkness during tho night they forAged In and around the industrial town of Renkun, eight miles west of Arnhem, with- out meeting opposition, There was no indication, however, that the patrol activity was likely to develop Into an attack or that the Germans were evaeuAting the north bank Of the lower Rhine, known to Do heav- fly defended,
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 Southeast of ArnheHn, British forces crossed the Milerheek river and advanced to within Q mile and Q half of VNnrAy, three miles below overloon, and also captured Smakk due east Of OvNrloon, Both columns reported signs that the enemy was weakening, possibly drawing off his forces to reinforce those near Aaehen. Rain was turning marshes Into lakes, hampering armored Sup- port,
 The Canadian ist Army linked up It's bridgeheads south of the Schelde River and north of the Leopold Canal in southwestern Holland, British troops fighting with the ist Army captured WoenSdreoht hard core of enemy resistance at the entrance to the BevelAnd. Watcher. en penlnsular. after Q three-hour attack,
 At the southern end of the front, the French Ist Army chNlked up the best initial gam In the sixth Army groups new offensive north of Le Thillot, Advancing four to i've miles on four-mileswide front north- east of To Thillot, the French were only two miles from the Sehuleht pass through the Vosges mountains into the RhlnelAnd.
 The French also captured Ira vexin, two miles south of Continent, and nearby Till 7sS in tho hitterest fighting of the whole attack, More than 200 German dead were counts cd on the battlefield around TTavex. in. German forces continued to cling to Le Thlllot with heavy artil. ley support,
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 It, General Alexander N, Patoh's American 7th Army Nt the northern end of the offensive sector pushed through tho parroy forest, stormed the ancient port of Manoviller and captured Esnhermenil, 10 miles east of Luneville,