The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-26
Lifeline in
Holland
Guarded
OBy Associated PrssD

An Allied epearnead Wneeied
into position today to thwart Ger
man counterattacks which thrice
have cut the Nijmegen lifeline in
Holland, and two other columns
we're closing in on the German
town OF Kleve, northern Terminus
OF the siegfried line.
Supreme headquarters clamped
a news dimout on the middle Hol-
land front after a British spear
head shot through Helmond and
Duerne in an advance OF several
miles. This thrust reached a point
seven miles southeast OF Veghel.
sore spot on the vital Eindhoyen'
Nijmegen road over which roll
supplies for the relief column driv-
ing to the rescue OF pocketed Brit
ish RED Devils" west OF Anthem.
The Germans had cut the road for
five hours yesterday before tanks
routed them.
The pocketed British sky troops
fought into their ninth day TO re-
tain foothold north OF the Dutch
Rhine at Arnhem, and only trick
Ia OF supplies reached them from
the main British Second Army
force.
Nazls Control Bridge
The NaziB hurled parts OF three
or four divisions In three days OF
repeated attacks against the air
bornes and finally won control or
the northern end OF the vital high
way bridge at Arnhem.
But Amphibious trucks maintain.
ed contact between tho pocket and
the main body, despite heavy enc
my artillery and machinegun fire.
The two Allied forces driving on
the Siegfried line terminus nj
Kieve each were about eight miles
from the town. and one wholly un-
confirmed French radio report.
heard by u. 8. government mont
tors, said the town had fallen TO
Allied troops. s. -.
The northern column, American
sky troopers attached TO the Brit
ish Second Army. took the Dutch
frontier village OF Beck. 10 miles
south OF Anthem, and drove on
into the German homeland, while
about five miles farther south.
British troops and armor. also
driving east from Holland into
Germany, entered the Reichswald.
forest country screening Kleve on
the southwest.
Smash Countersttaek
American First Army troops
smashed a German counterattack
east OF the frontier German city
OF Aachen. wiped out a strong
point In the Roteen area, nine
miles TO the southeast, and made
limited gains elsewhere.
U. s. Third Army forces which
have driven salient within "a
miles OF the Reich border. destroy
edN 2l German tanks and hurled
back six successive Nazi counter
attacks in tho DieuZe sector, 20
miles northeast Of the French city
OF Nancy yesterday.
To the south. American Seventh
Army forces gained five miles
north OF Baccarat. 20 miles south
east of Nancy and 10 miles from
the French Rhine city OF Stras-
bourg. The communications CEN
ter OF Epinal, IS miles southeast
OF Nancy, was taken by the Amer
leans.
Progress Slowed
In Italy the Germans threw
fierce counterattacks against the
British Eighth and American Fifth
Armies. slowing progress beyond
the broken Gothic line, but the
Eighth Army cleared Germans from
the Adrlatic coastal area between
the Marecchio and Rubicon rivers
and the Americans struck north OF
Firenzuola, battering back three
counterattacks.
Russia's northern armies pound
ed today at the remaining small
pocket OF German resistance in
Estonia. and all important ports ex-
cept Virtsu now are in the Red
army's hands other Red columns
were driving on Riga in Latvia,
one OF them 40 miles, one 65 miles,
and one S. miles away from the