The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-22

NADAtAAlAWGA AtOAl EhhC " only rear guards to defend the city against thousands of rebelious pa- triots.
 Street fighting between the rear guards, students and other patriots was described as mounting daily in violence with the Germans turning macljne-guns on their torInentors Skirmishing has spread to the Champs Elysees in the center of the city. French sources said.
 With American spearheads al- ready in the suburbs. the patriots defied a German warning that con- tinued resistance would bring the destruction of the city.
 Gen. Pierre Joseph KOenig, com mander Of the French forces of the interior was named to be military governor Of Paris last night by Gen. Charles De Gaulle. Presidents Of the French committee of National lib- eration, who arrived in France only two days ago in order to be among the first to enter the capital after its liberation.
 Koenig told Parisians in a radio broadcast that their liberation was Tear and urged them tO show "tlie greatest qualities of self-imposed discipline so that order may be maintained in the capital"
 The London Daily Mirror pne- dieted that Paris would become the seat Of De Gaulle's government within a few days of its liberation, even though the city might continue for some time to be in an Allied "Operational area" subject 10 the supervision 0f the military high command.
 "A Vichy broadcast said the pup- pct government of chief of goyern- ment Pierre Laval was in the pro- cess Of transferring "to anothey French town. Previous reports from France claimed Laval and his re tinue had fled Vichy to escape at- tacks by the French forces Of the interior and had taken refuge in or near BelfoFt. near the Swiss front fer. The Vicly broadcast was rec0rd- cd by the FCcD
 Disnatehes from run On the Franeo-Epanish frontier said Ger man customs guards had turned over control Of the French end Of the International bridge at Hendaye to the French at 6 D. El. yesterday The German commander was said to have crossed the bridge just prior to flle ceremony and hade farewell to Colonel OFteaa, commander of the Spanish frontier area, and retnrD- ed
 Tine French flag was raised on ths French side Of the bridge,
 Though the French guards ore. sumably were under the nominal control of the Vichy government, Jacques Truel, fightine French mip- isteF to Spain, and first seeFetaT. Roger crossed the bridge into Hen dave at e:i5 D, n.
 The deyel0nmeDt followed lleFsists ent reports that the Germans were withdrawing all forces from s0utlgS western France t0 prevent their ens elFelement by Allied armies eonverg- ing from western and southern front
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 By skill and patience" the Allied A0ml0unlaue reported, "Fl0Fepee has fallen into our hands and eStenslye damage apart from dem1lltions by the enemy has been avoided,
 Unless the enemy decides t0 eils gage the city with l0nevfanee aFS lllleFy, the city will quickly return tO normal and full assistance VIII be bFOnRbt t0 the inhabitants by the Allied military government"
 The Germans first were pushed aerOss the Arn0 river, gbirb cuts the elty iD half, and lateF withdrew their main forces to 2 canal 70 hhe northern suburbs, Wlih tanks and maebInegnn fire, however, they made Q virtual n0Emal'sTland out 0f the n0rlherD Raet0T until the British troops forced those lsolRtad unllg also 70 withdraw,
 Polish troops lD the Adgiatle ReeS tor have fleafed the Germans from all hlgh ground between the casaDo and Metauf0 rivers and along the 00asial area have taken the towns of GeTaaa, 0Telan0 and P0Rgl0 Hse e0mDluDiqie revealed,
 Activity elsewhere along the front, ineluding the area held by the Amefs lean Fifth army 0n the west, wag confined 10 clashes Qf paig0ls,