The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-29
The War On Many
By LOUIS F. KEENEK.E Limited Press War EditOrl

Germany'S enemy's closed in on her with gathering speed from the east and west today as the Russians rolled to the outskirts of Warsaw and the Americans took Coutances and drove towards the interior of France in a major break-through in Normandy.
 The British Eighth Army in Italy pushed the Germans back through the Tuscan hills to within five miles of Florence.
 More than HOO American heavy bombers attacked the synthetic oil refinery at Mersburg in southwest ern Germany and the port of Brem- en after a night attack by a sim- liar force of British heavy bombers on the Port of Hamburg and the in- dustrial city of Stuttgart. Far East
 In the Far East. American super fortresses struck for the first time at the core of Japan's expansion on the Asiatic continent with a heavy bombing attack on the in- dustriai and military area of Muk- den in Manchuria.
 The American drive in Normandy had the Germans in full retreat along the entire western half of the front. The Germans had discovered from the chaos of the first stages of their defeat and were making an orderly but precipitate withdrawal down the west coast and in the gen. eral direction of Avranches at the hinge of the Normandy and Brit tany Peninsulas.
 Front dispatches said the bulk of the seven battered German 84th army corps had escaped through the Coutances bottleneck before Amer ican tanks cut through to the sea. Thousands were caught in the trap, however, and were expected to swell to well over 5000 the bag of prison- CTS taken in the first five days of the offensive. which reached the 5000 mark yesterday.
 The Americans entered Coutances late yesterday and found 1t aban- doned. Tank spearheads rolled on nearly eight miles to the south. At least three other columns inland swept across the Sienne and Souile rivers, previously mentioned as en- emy defense lines. engulfing or by- passing scores Of towns and viI- lages.
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 One dispatch said the Americans | AnAs.fazrinaa kAaA kaVak tactics developed by Lieutenant General George 6. iBlood and 0uts) Patton. Jr.. in Sicily. which re- called recent German claims that Patton had taken a command in Normandy. Allied headquarters re. fused comment.
 The Russian drive towards War say carried to the southeastern outskirts of the Polish capital and its outer defenses after a 25-mile dash up the east bank of the Vis- tula river. The attack was along a 20-mile arc curying northeast ward from the river.
 Front reports said German re- Elstance southeast Of WaFsaw had simply melted. The by-passed stronghold Of Brest Atoysk, ilb miles east Of Warsaw. fell to the First White Russian Army yester- day, other units of which stoEgped into siedlee. half way between BTast Litogsk and Warsag.
 The drive across southern Poland towards Krakow and German Ei- lesia also was gathering momeps tum after the capture yesterday Of the twin lstTongb0lds Of PT1emysl and Jar0slag on the San river Moscow said the gar0slag garrison weg enelTeled and "liquidateT,"
 At the northern end of the front the Baltic Army tanned out from the captured Lithuanian railway junction Of Blaullal at the rate Of more than q mile aD hour tD aD effort to cut of some 70 enemy diS visions iD Latyia and Est0pla Dy driving ulT0ligb to Riga, Baltic see' port
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