The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-12

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 me NaRls were employing Q new 4 type of rocket which emitted Q whistllng noise rather than the shrin scream of the type they pre- vlously employed.
 There were indications the NaBls were masslng tanks northeast of Aachen possibly for another coun- terattack,
 It appeared Go dorrell that the American infantrymen probably could sweep their way through the entire city fl they desired. However, with the apparent massing of Nad armor outside the city there seemed a possibility that another large-scale battle might be fought before final conquest of the town was com. pieted.
 on objective of the U, 8. com. mand in attacking the slaughter. house and factory districts of Aachen was Go destroy ammunition available to the Germans and also seize their food supplies which were said to include scores of beef cat. Gle.
 Among prisoners captured today Gas German lleutenant-co colonel whose battalion had been wiped out ln the past few days He was cap tured as he tried to escape with e party of seven men all of whom were killed by American Are, German prisoners believed the NaA garrison commander in Aachen was determined to hold out to the last.
 From tho Roete.Erdc district the Doughboys were moving into the gchlachthof area about Q mile east northeast of the cathedral in the heart of the city md toward e hill on which . weather observatory Is situated.
 The stormlng of Aaehen began after massed siege guns and SWarns of dive bombers sent tons of eXplo- eives into the strongholds of the city garrison which had ignored Q surrender -or-dted ultimatum,
 Flight After Flight
 Plight after flight of alternating Lightnings and ThundeFboltS holnb- ed and gunned the German positions ahead of the advancing infantry, and artillery continued pin.pointing strongpoints within the city.
 Nine big fires burned in Aachen throughout the night One was set by German night bombers aiming At the American front lines but hitting the city instead. Several fires still smouldered when the Allied dive bomhers returned to their task of systematic destruction today,
 The siege forces now were fight. ing within the city limits of Aaehen, but by mid-day had not entered the circle of parkways extending Q ra- dlas Of some 900 yards from tho an- cient cathedral in the center of the city.
 American io5'S lbB long toms and eight-lneh HowltzerS poured 2b0o rounds Into selected targets within the city yesterday in the first phase of preparation for today'B infantry attack. The dive eenibers dropped i0B tons.
 German hroadeaSts said flame- throwing tanks led the American advance Into Aaehen. The city, Berlin reported, was under assault by c "titanie array of planes, tanks and heavy artillery"
 The Germans still were fighting desperately for the narrow, she'll swept corridor through the Amer ican positions northeast of Aaehen' BheIlSwept corridor through the American positions northeast Of Aachen. A two.hour eounter.at- tack supported by iS to 20 tanks was broken up At o'clock la"s night by United States artillery and small arms fire which inflicted heavy losses on the NaSis.
 Patrols entered the city last night, and reported "gooG" reSults In yes. terday's bombing and shelling' eut field dispatches said the city Btill was for from being destroyed,
 About 276 of the city's estimated garrison of 1900 to 2,0o0 Germans surrendered yesterday, and small groups were laying down their arms this morning. A dispatch from the front said, however, it was indicated that the capture Of Aaehen "will DC Q for frcni easy jeb'"
 Among the targets hit by artillery and bombeFs yesterday was the Auelenhof Hotel area, reported to Do tho headquarters Of the Aachon command, and Louy.sr5 Hill in the northern outsirts, from which the Nazis had sent Up considerable mnti.aircraft fire.
 A patrol which crossed the rail. road tracks from the captured T'orBt.Aachen suburb last night wal the first American unit to enter the city proper,
 United Press War Correspondent Henry T. dorrell reported from the front that American infantry were closing ifl on the doomed German city from ail sides preparatory to grand assault,
 American patrols entered Aacher early this morning under cover oi darkness, presumably on reconnaiS' sance.
 "A London broadcast said tho German commander at Aaehef again was asked to surrender dur' 4ng q iuil ii the bonbardment) "A T1nO Germans were fighting "likC madmen" to maintain and perhaps widen their narrow ,BhellsSpannee eoFridor-at last reports only nine tenths of c mile wide Unto Aacher from the northeast, dorrell said, but tho American wise held firm,
 Determination
 Though Teconnaissance pilots TO- ported some Nazi troops and Vehielei 1 attempted to run the gantlet iron Aachen through the escape gap lat' yesterday, the arrival of reinforce inents at the front and the fury oI German countersattacks on botf elpeg Of tine American siege periifiet' Of indicated the Nazi command wal detoFmined to hold the city as ionl