Evening star., 1944-08-15
Bradley
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formed Sd went to 1t. Gen. George
s. Patton, jr.
Both Gen. Montgomery and Gen.
Bradley report directly to Gen.
Eisenhower, who directs the opera
tions of both groups from a COM
mand post In France.
The change in the command setup
took place Immediately on Gen.
Eisenhower's arrival In France more
than a week ago. Gen. Bradley's
force has been in operation for some
time and he has been directing
American strategy since the time
of the "breakout offensive" along
the Lessay -Periers-St. Lo line on
July Is.
Originally Gen. Montgomery was
Gen. Eisenhower's chief deputy in
the field, and as such he commanded
all the ground forces. American as
well as British and Canadian.
For a period of about 4 week, when
Gen. Bradley's 18th Army group be-
gan operations and before Gen.
Eisenhower arrived in France. Gen.
Montgomery was the "co-ordinator"
between the two Army groups.
With the supreme commander now
on the Continent the two Army
groups have assumed equal status,
both reporting to Gen. Eisenhower
Gen. Hodges previously COM
manded a United States Army corps
in France. Gen. Patton was a field
commander In the Tunisian and ST.
Gillian campaigns.
Missions Are Different.
The 1st and Sd Armies were given
decidedly different missions. In the
bitter and costly hedgerow fighting
Of the early weeks of the Normandy
campaign the LIST Army was charged
with engaging and holding as many
as possible of the enemy forces
the same task given the British and
Canadian forces farther east.
Held in. readiness until the LIST
Army had cracked the Germans
Lessay-Periers-St. Lo line. the Sd
Army's tanks took of on q round
up attack on August to exploit
the breakthrough, a front dispatch
said.
Brilliant victories were scored by
the Sd Army in its ceaseless advance
One Of its high-ranking officers esti-
mated that it had taken 81 500 pris-
oners, wounded 80, 400 Germans and
killed $500. Some Of its tanks have
rolled more than 600 miles in the
last two weeks. One tank column
roared forward 96 miles in ~ hours,
and another dashed more than 100
miles in II hours.
It's units gained ground 50 fast
that corps and Army headquarters
had to send artillery scout planes
up to check where they were, a front
dispatch said. So quickly did the
tanks saw through the Germans
that the enemy had no opportunity
to regroup or reorganize a new line
AS its commander said. The Ger
mans invented the blitz-ve per-
fected it,"
Haislip Heads Corps.
Maj. Gen. Wade H. Haislip. 4 S.
year -old West Pointer and 4 native
OF Woodstock. Va, was identified n
the commander of the 18th Army
Corps which Is serving In the Sd
Army. Gen. Haislip. who won dis.
tinction in the World War, was serv-
ing in Washington at the outset OF
the present war and was made
assistant chief of staff, G-l. in Feb
ruary, 194l. In March, 1912, he BE-
came chief of the e5th Infantry Di-
vision at Camp Shelby, Miss. !
Gen. Haislip's wife lives in Wash
ington at the Kennedy Warren
apartments.
Maj. Gen. Edward H. Brooks OF
Concord. N. H.. an old cavalryman
and artilleryman, was identified n
the leader Of the I'd Armored Divi-
sion. Gen. Brooks. who Is 81, fought
In five major engagements in the
last war. He played . major role ir
the development Of the self-pro.
PEELED artillery piece and the assault
gun-both now potent forces ir
armored tactics.
The new 1st Army commander
57-year-old 1t. Gen. Hodges, ha,
served 40 years in the Army, most
Of it in the infantry. He enlisted
as q private in 1906 after spending
two years at West Point. In 1909 he
was commissioned.
A native of Perry. Ga, Gen
Hodges was decorated with the Dis.
tinguished Service Cross and the
Silver Star for eAllantry during the
World War. In this war. before
taking over an Army corps In
France, he was 4 commander in the
Replacement and School Command
of the Army Ground Forces.
Gen. Hodges formerly lived at thu