Evening star., 1944-11-02

American doughboys attacked
through the forest of Hurt
gen, southeast of Aachen, to-
day and advanced from one
to more than two miles.
Ry the Assoc Ted Press.
LONDON, Nov. 2.-British ano
Canadian assault forces, making
rapid strides toward clearing the
approaches to the port Of Ant
werp, have hurled stubborn
German defense troops out Of all
but the northern outskirts Of the
fortress city of Flushing tVllsSin-
gem on Walcheren Island, a
field dispatch said today.
British Commands and am
phlbous forces which struck the
islands west coast yesterday near
Westkapelle have expanded their
beachhead to the northeast, by
passing the village of Domburg and
seizing an enemy coastal battery
emplaced in the dunes beyond, As
sociated Press Correspondent Will
liam F. Boni reported from Canad-
ian 1st Army headquarters.
South of the Schelde Estuary a
stubborn knot of enemy defiance
was all but erased. A Reuters field
dispatch said the German general
commanding in that pocket and
$500 of his men had been captured.
Allied troops there were we'll inside
the coastal village OF knocke.
100 Men Still in Fort Knocke.
Only about 100 SIS troops remained
In Fort Knocke, with a few addi-
tlonal troops at Heyst and elsewhere
along the coast as the Canadian bag
of prisoners mounted to 10000, in
cluding the Nazi commander, Mai
Gen. Eberding of the 64th Divi-
sion. This division was now counted
as destroyed
Flame-throWing Churchill tanks
were dealing with the remaining
knots, but Gen. Eberding himsef
was quoted as saying organized re-
sistance had ceased south of the
Schelde.
On Walcheren the value placed
by the enemy on the approaches
to Antwerp was measured by the
fanatical fury with which the Ger
man garrison, cut off from all hope
of escape, contested every foot.
The Allied communique reported
some miles of the coast" had been
taken, and the two beaChheadS. at
Westkapelle and Flushing, were
well established.
Opposition From Snipers
At last report Allied forces inside
Flushing were being opposed chiefly
by snipers. Mr.. Boni said the Ger
mans were resorting to all sorts Of
tricks. including running up the
white flag, then firing on our
troops"
The Canadian attack across the
1000 yard long causeWay from
SOutn BeVeland was disclosed TO
have been pulled back yesterday, out
of ruinous Nazi sS-fire from the
Walcheren side, but overnight the
Canadians drove back and this
morning once again held a small
and flercely contested bridgehead a
few hundred yards deep.
Below the Mas. in South Central
Holland, enemy rear guards vert
fighting off Allied attacks on the
escape bridges with the same bitter
determination. Resistance was Sav-
age on the approaches to the
Moerdilk Bridge over the Hol-
landsch dep Farther east, the AL
lied troops held Az miles of the
south bank of the Mas. and were
fighting in Geertruidenberg.
British Make New Gains.
In Eastern Holland. where the
enemy last week struck out with a
heavy attack west of Venlo in an
unsuccessful attempt to relieve pres
sure against the crumbling front
above Antwerp, the British counter
attack rolled up fresh gains, ad-
vancing 2 miles beyond Lieseel,
which was recaptured yesterday
With tank support, British infantry
also cleared the enemy from a
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