The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-31
DIARY OF THE War

assisted patriot forces in eiecting
German troops who had broken an
armiStice agreement to withdraw
from the capital. Americans reached
Swiss border from the south. German
garrison in Toulon still resisted but
they We're cut off from help Engi-
neers We're in Marseiile rebuilding
docks. Three thousand planes struck
at German TARGETS Two German ar
mics We're endangered i'm Rumania as
latter country announced withdrawal
from Axis One Russian column was
1875 miles from Bucharest Reds had
taken 25,000 prisoners in drive there
Tokyo admitted Chichi lima. COO
miles south of Japan had been bombed
zap was bombed for 18th straight
day; also Pagan, Rota and Agiguan
in Marianas. Airmen over China
poured incendiaries on Japs at Teng-
chung.
SATURDAY - L. S. warplanc
raided Wake island, Marianas. Ponape
in Calbines, Naulu and the Marshall
islands. Tokyo said that % carrier
planes raided Sumatra. Gen. Stillwell
reported 10000 Japs killed and 10000
square miles recaptured in North
Burma campaign. Last enemy lines
west of Seine river in France were
broken and Americans reached Troyes
81 miles from the Marine Paris people
cheered and cried as Allies entered
city but Axis troops were still in
trenched in some areas Reds reached
Galati gap in Rumania. Rumanians
were turning ON Nazis In southern
France Americans captured Cannes
and Antilles and were 20 miles from
Italian frontier. American tanks were
1913 miles from Rhine.
SUNDAY - Americans poured
across river Seine and Allies were
racing for Alsace-Lorraine. Airmen
reported Germans in full retreat to-
ward Belgium and Rhine river. Five
Rumanian divisions and 81 900 others
surrendered to Russian forces in Tx
ranian sector. Bulgaria was reported
ordering the Nazis out and making
bid to Allies to get terms Of peace
Yanlls slashed deeply up Rhone val
ley in race to entrap NaZis. German
garrison in Paris, 100000 surren-
dered. Liberators hit Two Jima, Palau.
and other Jap islands. Tokyo aclinoW-
lodged that Truk was in a bad way,
only four hours by plane from Saipan.
MONDAY-AlIied columns knitted
deeper into France cast and south
east of Paris and were f1S miles from
German border. One column reached
the Marine. Allies in southern France
apparently roamed at will and one
column was past Grcnoble trying to
close Rhone valley retreat route Re
sistance ended in Touion but some
units on a nearby peninsula were still
fighting. Russians smashed through
GaIati gap into heart Of Rumania,
approached Ploesti oil fields and were
IS miles from Bucharest. Carrier
planes and fleet units hit Sumatra in
Padan2 area, southwest Of Singapore,
hitting cement works, airfield, ship
ping, wharves, etc Air, land and sea
forces were closing in slowly on Phil
ippines and Japs ordered civilians
out of Manila. Chinese were fighting
in six separate provinces.
TUESDAY-Americans were now
fighting forward on battlefields of
World War including Chateau
Thierry, Belleau Wood, and the Ar
COME Yank spearheads rolled ahead
Nazi achievements were reported
pouring in from Low Countries but
were under punishment from Allied
planes. Last Of Nazis surrendered in
Marseille harbor. Russians were 10
miles in Iungarian-held Transyl-
vania and drove to eXpel Germans
from Rumania. Paris was still in an
uproar but the big job was to supply
food. Reds seized the port of Sulna
on Black Sea-
WEDNESDAY-Americans swept
across first World War battlefields
Of scissors, Belleau Wood and Cha