The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-17
War On Many Fronts

One column was reported only six miles from Toulon and others even closer to aCnnes after capturing the coastal towns of St. Tropez and Dramont. A Berlin dispatch said the Allies had broken into Cannes and street fighting was in progress. Al- lied flyers reported fires in Nice. presumably from German demoii- tons along the water front.
 Gen. Sir Henry Maitland wilson. Allied commander in the Meoiter- Tanean. announced in a eommunique that all enemy sea coast defenses have been silenced by air and naval bombardment and that the landings of supplies and heavy equipment have exceeded expectations.
 General Wilson said enemy re- sistance had increased somewhat but Allied casualties were moderate and those of the Germans appars entiy heavy. Nearly 5000 German prisoners were taken in the first two days of the landing.
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 The American aFmored drive in the north exploded with eruptiVe force as the Allies m0pped up the Germans who had not been able to get out og the Falaise- -Argentan pocket, 1t was estimated that pos- slbly 50!000 were still in the area subject to annihiiation or surrender
 The column which drove to DreuS was not only on the approaches to Paris but was well behind the shat- tered elements Of the German Sev- enth Army which had withdrawn from the Falaise trap. thus fun. nellng them away from the capital and threatening to bottle them up for further destruction.
 The columns which took ChaTtres and stormed orleans were iIl posi- ton to split France in half and facilitate the junction with the ins vasion army in the south, The di- Teetion of the three-way drive was revealed by the high command after days of secrecy, indicating that the sweeping offensive move was well advanced towards its objeetiyes.
 The occupation of Paris, an iDl- p0ftant incidental to the broader plan, apparently was an early pFos- peet. 4 front line dispatch reported that afmored forces driving east from ChaFtres had forced the AunGy river and established a f00th0ld on the east bank about g air line miles from the capital.
 German DlsasieT
 The battle of the Normandy poeks ct meanwhile approached a dlsas, tF0ns end for the German survivors The Canadians pushed on beyond burning Palalse 10 the south and east while Americans and British from the west and south drove as much as seven miles into the center of the pocket, Allied tanks and are m0red ears spread out tn all digees tons, killing hundreds Of deetlng Germans and squeezing the bulk of the others into a narrow corner north Of Argantap and southwest os Palaise,
 on the Russian front great tank battle ragged ln the eastern suburbs of WaFsaY, where the 6eE' mans had driven Q wedge into sle Russian lines and taken 0ssoW, northeast Of the PTagR section Of the Polish capital,
 The Russians eounteF-attaeked and today reported the German salient had been cut to . DaFF0A speaFhead thFnsting Into Moscow The Germans sent in more Fesns f0reemants but Moscow reported fine sitllatlan i'undaT control" Along the Visual ilb miles south Of WaFsaw, however, the hnseianl broke Into the German stFonsbola of Rand0mleFs end weFe battling ls the streets. They were across tise rlyeg on either side Of the town end had lt under pressure From thFes directions,
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 XR StAly, German tank units Fe. turned to the northern section ol l Florence, from which they had withdrawn Ices than e Wcek ego,