Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-10
Western Front
Continued From First Page.)

Mayor of Aachen, leaflets were
dropped into the city by shellfire
declaring the time had come for
honorable surrender. The leaflets
urged civilians to. persuade those
responsible to stop the useless
bloodshed and destruction"
THE city of Aachen is now COM
pletely surrounded by American
forces who are sufficiently equipped
with both air power and ARTILLERY to
destroy the city Il. necessaf. We
shall take the city either byrre-
ceiving It's immediate unconditional
surrender or by attacking and de-
stroying it.
"While conditional SURRENDER
will requires the Surrender -sof AL
armed bdfes, the. fessatiQ3 NJ hes
tile acts of every character .sthe
removal of mines and prepared de-
molitions, it is not intended to
modest the civil population or need
lessly sacrifice human lives. But if
the city is not promptly and COM
pletely surrendered Internationally,
the American Army ground and air
forces will proceed ruthlessly with
air and artillery bombardment to
reduce it to submission.
No Middle Course.
I'm other words, there is no
middle course. You will either I'M
conditionaily surrender the city
with everything now in it, thus
avoiding needless loss of German
blood and property, or you may
refuse and await its complete de-
struction
The choice and responsibility are
yours. Your answer must be de-
livered within "a hours at the loca-
ton specified by the bearer of this
paper.
Signed,
American Army Commander"
Leaflets showered on the city were
addressed to German troops and the
people of Aachen. They said:
"Aachen is encircled. American
troops surround the city. The Ger
man command cannot relieve you.
People of Aachen!
The time has come for honorable
surrender. We Americans do not
wage war on innocent civilians. AL
ready, many Aacheners are living
peacefully in areas we occupy. But
if the military and party leaders
insist on further sacrifice, we have
no course but to destroy your city,
which has already suffered so much.
People of Aachen!
There is no time to lose. On our
airfieids, bombers are waiting for
final orders to take off. Our artil-
lery surrounding the city is ready to
fire. Our troops are alerted for the
final advance.
People of Aachen!
"Act quickly. Go now to those re-
sponsible and make them stop the
useless bloodshed and destruction.
The time has come for your civilian
leader or you to speak boldly. To-
morrow-may be too late.
People of Aachen!
There is only one choice-hon-
orable and immediate surrender or
complete destruction"
The Sd Army punch between Metz
and Nancy rolled up 1855 prisoners
in three days, and seized at least
10 towns. At Fort Driant below
Metz, Doughboys still fought to
overcome ingenious defenSeS, and
had penetrated into underground
tunnels guarded by steel doors.
The Berlin radio said the Allies
had begun About assaults on the
Brittany ports of Lorient and st.
Nazaire.
Revised figures show that six
allied armies have captured at least
563 1923 prisoners since the invasion
OF France on June 6.
Announced captives:
United States LIST Army, 192.0l6.
United States Sd Army, 2,6O0.
United States 7th Army, $4,000.
United States 9th Army, 1882.
British I'd Army, 1851.
Canadian LIST Army, 1882.
French forces of the interior at
tached to the British I'd and Cana
dian LIST Armies. 1882.
Total, 563, 1923.
Figures for the LIST Allied Airborne
Army which invaded Holland verti-
cally never have been announced.
The totals for the United States Sd.
It'll and 9th Armies are nearly three
weeks behind date.