The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-07

One column duo east of battered Aaehen jumped off from nAwly.won positions only six miles from the transport center of Duren and 29 miles from Cologne, while the other surrounded Beggendorf, now c noe man fl's.land two miles east of Ubachs and battled to widen the Ubach gRu In the siegfried line.
 Doughboys of the American 3Fd Army under It. Gen. George 6, Pats ton extended their hold on tho southwest corner of embattled Fort Driant in the suburbs of Metg to within 100 yards of the main foFtlr fieutions, where they could hear the Germans shouting to one anothers
 The Americans also had Q toes hold on the northwest corner oG the fortress, but had not penetrated the defenseS as deeply as their come FAdes.
 South of Metz, the 3rd army yielded some ground to an enemy, eounteF-attaek near sivry, ninel miles north of Nancy, hut advanced. more than half.way e the parroy forest east IuuH4llle. against stubborn reslntanee anQ' captured Anglemont, six Hailem southwest of Bacearat.
 Supreme headquaFters repuEtld the Germans had sent subgtanlsaf endorsements of good troops, iIlA cluding "fight-tosthesdo fanas ties, into the heAvilywooded arom northeast of tho gpinai-Montbea Hard are protecting the DelfoFt gap into Germany north of the Bwiga border. They WeFe fighting withp out regard co leag.
 Far to the north, the canaa,nm ist army linked ID tts eevefaf bFldgsheads across the Leopold Gan. al in northwest Belgium for solid front nearly three and c half mtlag long and mile deep.
 The Canadians were meeting stiff opposition from German foFe3H elinging to their positions on tll@ south bank of the eehelde Egtuasys seeking to deprive the Allies Of tIle iSe Of the big port Of Antwerp an long as possible,
 United Press War Correspondent Walter CFonkite said the canadlanH now were getting artillery aeTog1 the Canal north of Eecioo midway between Antwerp and Bfugge.
 Farther east, the opposition wac lighter and the Canadians advailes cd to Santvlet, three and c hal6 miles north of Lillo and just south Of the Dutch border and also gained three miles north of putte, well inc side the border.
 British and Polish columns olH the Canadian tiank advanced two miles along parallel roads to within few thousand yards of Tilhuras hinge of the German Salient,
 The daily headquarters eommuElis que reported 'heavy local fighting ct the tip of the British hFidgehead in Holland across the Rhine FlveFs but an official spokesman declined comment on Q German report thoG tho British had made new eFoes@ ing of the Lower Rhine.
 German bFoadcasts yesterday aaid the British had established 6 bFid&e~ HUua WcKVB3 bH8 AoWOK &tkkAHlS WNM8 Of the area where the Red peVl.N| came to grief in their aboFtlye at~ tempt to seize AFnhem last week
 London morning FlewBpapers cars ried afi uFconfiFmed Stockholm rec port that British tanks, tFlking out from the new bridgehead, had hFoks on into AFnheisa.
 Fighting continued on the paris meter of besleged DunkeFque, lnet deFman-held port on the EFencH Channel coast, but there was no confirmation that the British and Canadians yet had launched their final assault against the stronghold from which s3S,00O of their com rades were rescued in the dark days of ie40.
 The American iBt Army gained a half mile yesterday in the kiFst day of It's new offensive some 20 mllc9 east Of Aachen and already had outtianked DurenT outpost of EBeli~ weller from the south.
 Jack FFankish United PreBs Wnr Correspondent at Hodges head~ quarters. said the push appeared 70 be proceeding "satisfactoFIiy" fs- spite ferocicus German resisthuce'