The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-28
War On Many Fronts

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 The Germans pulled hastily out of Periers and Lessay to avoid be- ing cut off by the Americans driv- ing towards that town from the east, but the latter were approach ing so rapidly that their chance of getting out intact dwindled hourly.
 Among the threatened units were the 2nd and l7th Elite armored divisions. prized by Adolf Hitler as among the best in the SS corps.
 Thanking Of COutances
 Coutances was flanked from the southeast by the capture of the eight-way highway junction of Ce- risy-La Sale and Notre Dame-Le Cenilly. the latter about nine miles from Coutances. The retreat of the Germans at the western end of the front thus was being restricted to a narrow belt along the coast.
 At the eastern end of the front around Caen the St. Lemate contin. ued, with the British and Canada ans holding firmly against repeated German counter-attacks. Both the American and British armies were well supported by fighters, fighter bombers and dive bombers which were breaking up German forma- tons and causing much damage to tanks and vehicles. German losses in the American sector were par- ticulariy heavy.
 On the Russian front the Red armies appeared likely to add a German black Friday to yesterdays black Thursday, on which the Rus. sians scored the biggest single days victories of the war with the cap- ture Of six of the strongest remain ing enemy bastions.
 The Germans reeled back under a succession of blows. To the north, one army cut the main escape routes of some 100000 to 300. 900 enemy troops in the Baltic states with the capture of the lithuanian communications hub of Siauliai, on the railway from Riga to Koen- isberg, and also took Daugavpils tDyinsk) in Latvia. Another army took the Latvian Railway junction Of Rezekne; e third captured BiaIy- stok, i02 miles northeast of Warsaw, and a fourth occupied Lwow and Stanislawow. on the approaches to Czechoslovakia.
 Warsaw 90 Miles
 Today Russian forces were within 30 miles of Warsaw after the cap- tliFe of 6aFvolin and were sweeping ahead at a pace that promised to carry to the outer defenseg of the Polish capital within . few days. 4 stockholm report said the Ger mans were preparing to evaculate industrial plants from WaFsaw in advance of q selge or withdrawal from the city.
 The loss of BFegt Ntoysk, IlB miles east of Warsaw, wipes out the last deep salient still held by the Germans on what was once their Bug river line, The city had been almost surrounded and there was no indication tn the German an- nouncement Of how much of It's garrison had managed to escape.
 The Berlin radio also reported fighting had broken out at PFzemysl SO miles west of LWoW, indicating that the Russians may have entered that city, which previously was un- der attack from three sides,
 On the Italian front. the British Eighth Army was within eight miles or less of Florence, and q German eommupiqBe said an offensive had been opened on . wide frent below the city, The Allies were advancing slowly through strong dsfsnses. strongly held,
 Assault On Piss
 At the western end Of the battle line the American Fifth Army moved into position foF aE assault on Pisa, There was . heavy eKs change Of artillery fire between the opposing forces, but the American shells were directed at the German positions tH the hills north of Pisa and there was no indication that the city 0f the leaning toWeF ltself Was undeF fire,
 In the air WaT, aD American fleet 0f nearly 2,000 heaYy h0mbeTs and lighters struck deep into central Germany and TRdl0 Berlin reported the aIFeFaft and chemical eeptaFs 0f pesseu, Halle and heFssbuFg were attacked,
 During the night British heaVy beWbeps bit the lndustgjal end TaIl eenteF Of stuttgaFt agRiD and others from Italy bombed the RoDlaniaD 0U eenter 0f Rdeestl, Other targets ID Germany also were attacked, as were the nylng bomb installations jn France, Robot bombs continued faIlv lng on London and southern Eng land tAdsy,
 ED the Pacific, American forces proceeded with the meth9dleal Qes eupetIQD Of Guam and TinlaD Ess lands, It was announced that aaFrleT based planes had attaeked aDemy bases lD the western GaFe|lnas, Nv elnelDg the Palau RF0up and Yap and Ulltbi Ten Japanese ships, Mv elualng 8 aestFeyeF, RHd pnany smalleG eTafW were listed as sunk,