Evening star., 1945-01-01
Western Front
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down with artillery, tanks, self
propelled artillery, mortars and
small arms.
Nazis Infiltratc Positions.
Preliminary reports up to Z pm
Saturday said seven German Tiger
tanks were destroyed in that push
alone. Heavy artillery and aerial
bombardment was directed on all
three Belgian towns but storming
was delayed until heavier assault
troops could be mustered.
Points between which the waist
had been cut to 13 miles were not
specified.
East of Bastogne. the Germans
employed IS to so tanks in q
counterattack Saturday and used
hundreds of infantrymen, many
dressed in American uniforms. tc
inflltrate Sd Army positions. The
Saturday night dispatch said the
Germans made no important gains
and that the Arlon- to-Bastogne
road still was in American hands
The situation remained fluid.
The Germans also filtered per-
sistently into the No Mans Lane
area west of the Bastogne salient
and to the southeast of the key
town. Only the sector along the
Sure River from Befort southeast.
ward to Rosport was reported quiei
in the Sd Army sector. There the
Americans looked across the water
boundry into Germany.
Air Battle Over Brussels.
The I'd Tactical Air Force sent
British rocket-firing Typhoons out
in concentrated attacks yesterday
afternoon on German transport
columns in the st. With area. In
more than 900 flights, the Raj re-
ported the destruction of three
tanks, Is trucks and nine German
planes. -Four British craft were lost
Spitflres and German fighters
tangled in a 40-minute fight over
Brussels this morning after a day
in which the Luftwaffe made 400
flights Medium bombers last night
attacked the Euskirchen area and
claimed hits on IA trains, $50 rail-
cars, Is road transports, barracks, a
radio station, two rail stations and
two factories.
Along the cratered Roer River
front north of the bulge the Ger
mans have been trying to infiltrate
American lines south of Duren and
Grosmenil, battle dispatch said.
Several parties of as many as 100
Germans have been discovered and
either killed or captured.
An enemy attack west of Gros-
menil was dispersed by heavy artil-
lery.
Artillery Blasts Nazi Boats.
At Roermond, where the Roer
flows into the Meuse (Maas), the
Germans tried to cross the river in
boats but artillerymen firing in
bright moonlight broke up the at
tempt.
AS the sd Army compressed the
Germans Bergian salient from the
south and the United States 1st
Army from the north numerous
oA6Alo RO1AlVCa w Vic Possibility tlldt
Won Rundstedt may abandon the
bulk of his present Ardennes salient
and shift forces for a new attack
elsewhere.
This appeared to be foreshadowed
by the Germans themselves who
have increased the tempo of their
feeler thrusts both north and south
Of the bulge in an apparent attempt
to find softer spot for new as
sault.
Won Rundstedt Uses Divisions.
A front dispatch from Associated
Press Correspondent Edward D.
Ball said the drive to the northeast
from the area west of Bastogne was
aimed at the waist of the German
bulge in Belgium. From Bastogne
Is miles west to st. Hubert Sd Army
units have bumped against q
strongly fortified enemy line.
A front dispatch from Associated
Press Correspondent Yves Gallagher
said that Won Rundstedt has thrown
In . force estimated to include ele-