The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-07
Allies Strike
Deeply Into
Defenses


day in some parts OF northern
France after continued" landings
OF sea and alrborns reinforce
ments bolstered the American and
British invasion forces already
deep within German defenses In
Normandy.
After Gen. Dwight D. Eiseuhow-
ers third official communique re.
vealed that landings OF Allied
troops continued all through yes
terday and were followed by night
airborne operations. ninth Y. =.
Air Force pilots told OF fiercest
fighting centering about the Bay.
eux area.
Nazl Field Marshal Karl Gerd
Won Rundstedt. breaking "a
hour silence, issued his initial anti
Invasion communiqque which said
the Allies already have come In
contact with his tactical reserves"
Shortly before, Eisenhower head.
quarters had disclosed that when
such reserves were met, a bitter
battle could be anticipated.
The Nazi DNB agency claimed
that German operational reserves
assembled during the night and
ARE now attacking landing areas
at Caen and BayeuH with fur
ious punch"
Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower told
OF the favorable progress. In his
third communique since the liber-
ating invaders stormed ashore un.
der cover OF powerful air and ma
val barrage as other airborne
troops landed far to the rear OF
enemy lines.
The communlque revealed also
that fresh landings OF airborne
troops were made during the night
to reinforce the Allied beachhoad.
II added
ALLIED forces continued land
Ing on the northern coast OF France
throughout yesterday. Satisfactory
progress was made"
Those Allied invasion forces, OF
which American rangers and COM
mandos formed an important part
stu were receiving the support OF
huge naval and air armadas. AZ.
ter initial attempts to interfere
with. the handings proved costly
to lighter Mani warships. no more
such attempts TO hamper the sea-
borne landings were made.
| Blast Communications
Four successive times, Allied
four-motored bombers blasted Ger
man railway communications and
bridges in the general battle area.
obviously to disrupt Nazl attempts
to bolster their antiinyasion. fore
es.
A dispatch from neutral Sweden
said the Germans reported that
the United Nations troops contin.
ued TO land achievements all
through the night, especially
around the Caen area where air
borne units already were reported
In action.
Very heavy fighting" has been
experienced by Allied troops com.
batting the Germans in some parts
OF northern France, official infor-
nation said. However. unfavor-
able weather which yesterday had
left considerable to be desired"
was said to have become better
this morning.
Fans Out
In italy, the Fifth Army famed
out 10 miles above Rome against
weak Nazi resistance, while Gen.
Sir Harold II. l.. G. Alexander
called upon Italian patriots TO
rise at this moment against the
/ German foe now that the strength
OF the German armies in Italy has
been broken"
Increasing numbers OF Nazis
were taken prisoner by the Fifth
Army, the total now exceeding 49,.
600. To the east, the British
Eighth Army met greater resist
ance but continued to push north
ward through the mountains.
An official headquarters announ-
cement revealed that the Mediter.
ranean air force, besides continu-
Ing attacks on the retreating Ger.
mans. smashed five key oil and
communications centers in the oc-
cupied Balkans. Some $50 heavy
bombers roared from Italian bases
TO blast Ploesti's oil fields. as well
as the railway yards at Pitesti.
I Ploesti and Belgrade. The Dan
ube's Iron gate at Turnu SEVERN
also was attacked.
From Russian bases, for the first
time. American heavy bombers took
off for a successful blow at a Ro-
manian target. The airdrome at
Galati, near the confluence OF the
Danube and Siretul Rivers, was
completely flattened" by the U. S.
raiders. Soviet bombers meantime
struck the Tasi rail junction north
OF which the Red Army smashed
repeated Nazi ground attacks.
In the Southwest Pacific, Amer
lean infantrymen converging on
Biak Islands three enemy.held air
dromes approached a cliff dominat-
ing the Dutch New Guinea air.
fields.