The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-29
YanIks Crack 5 Big
 Nazi Roer Bastions
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Farther east and south. the American Seventh Army cut the Germans supply road between Sar- reguemines and Haguenan and pushed IA miles north of Stras- bourg to within three miles of Ffaguenau itself.
 French First Army troops punch ed to within five up to 10 miles from the Alsatian stronghold Of Colmar and began chopping up German units cut of in the south ern Vosges by their, speedy dash to the Rhine last week. At least two enemy pockets were encircled.
 Tn the past two weeks alone, the Seventh and French First armies have cleared $500 square miles Of east France, liberated LAO towns and captured 22,53O prisonres.
 Far to North
 Far to the north, Canadian First Army forces were revealed to have joined in the battle inside Ger many. A spokesman said the Ca nadians had moved into positions seized two months ago by the Brit isn in the Reichwald forest south east of the Dutch town of Mi megen. The Canadians have fought only patrol actions in the forest to date.
 Large-scale action appeared to me in prospect on the BritiSh-Ca- madam sector. Front dispatches revealed that Gen. Dwight ID. Eisenhower had conferred with Marshal Sir Bernard L. Mont Romery, commander of the 21st Army group, in Belgium in what may be a prelude to new attacks from the northern end of the front.
 It. Gen. William H. Simpsons Ninth Army smashed the last organized resistance in Koslar, one mile west of Julich, after 8 lengthy and bitter street battle. Only few diehard groups of enemy troops remained to be routed from cellars in which they had fortified them selves.
 Bridge Seized
 Other Ninth Army infantry seized the bridge running across the Inde river, a tributary of the Roer. at Altdorf, three miles south of Julich.
 Edward V. Roberts, United Press war Correspondent at the Jullch front, reported a noticeable ln- crease in enemy artillery fire along the entire Ninth Army front, with heavier guns than ever before ln action, threatening crossroads and supply routes behind the American lines.
 On It. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges First Army front, American ln- fantry completed the bloody mopup of Jungersdorf, three and a half miles west northwest of the Roer river stronghold of Duren, and HurAgen, on the eastern edge Of the Hurtgen forest seven miles southwest of Duren.
 The southern column pressed on another half mile from Hurtgen into southwestern outskirts of Kleinhau. One hundred prisoners were captured at Hurtgen, bringing the Eirst Army's bag for the past 24 hours to 585.
 Street Fighting
 First Army troops also were fight ing in the streets on linden, four miles south of Julich, aid six miles northwest os Duren; by-passed Langerwehe, four and a half miles west northwest of Duren and Lalnmersdorf, IA miles southwest of Duren.
 The Germans counter-attacked during the night in both linden and Lammersdorf, but were report ed to have been repulsed.
 Rain was falling again along the lRoer river front. threatening to ground Allied planes. Nome than 800 Medium and Fighter bombers came to the support of the First and Ninth rmies yesterday, bomb ing and strafing a score of German villages mad knocking out IA tanks.
 An official spokesman said Ger man Marshel Gerd von Rundstedt had been forced to replace his bat tered 12th and filth divisions on the Roer front with the crack Third Paratroop division, brought down from the idle front above Nijmegen in Holland.
 Patton's Third Army widened it's front inside Germany's Saar Basin to 26 miles yesterday and was fight ing in the shadow of some of strongest forts in the Siegfried line.
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