The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-01-26

rolled through Brussels, on into
Antwerp, across the Netherlands
border and seven miles further
into Breda. U. S. First Army
troops reached the German
frontier on a wide front through
Belgium, and the British moved
225 miles in four days from the
Channel port areas. That day
also saw the announcement of
the ending of war between Rus
STA and Finland.
In the Pacific, Allied troops
were chasing the japanese into
western Burma from India.
Russia declared war on Bull
garia September 5, and on Sep
TENDER 6, Hungary declared war
on Rumania.
Gen. Patton's Third Army was
meeting increased resistance
northeast Of St. Mihiel. but af-
ter his tanks had waited a week
for supplies to catch up after
the race across France, the
Third Army smashed into the
German defense line east OF
Metz. The First Army moved
toward Germany in the Louvain
area, the British Second Army
pushed eastward along the
Netherlands border, and other
British forces took Client and
Courtrai in Belgium. General
De Gaulls announced that the
Petain French state" was alb
liShed and proclaimed the
French republic.
American planes wrecked
havoc on Japanese shipping in
the Pacific September 8, bomb
ing enemy bases in Yap and
Ulithi in the western Carolines,
while American warshipS in an
attack on Mindanao destroyed
or damaged SO Japanese vessels,
SO planes, five airf1eldS and
three ports. Japanese forces,
streaming down the Human
Kwangsi railway, took the
American airbase at Lingling in
Central China in a drive to es-
tabliSh an overland military
route from &anchukuo to Sing
apore.
At $3.50 pm, September 10,
guns of the First Army fired the
first American shells to reach
German home territory at a
point near Aachen, and the
above Hasselt in Belgium. On
this day also President Roose-
welt and Prime Minister Church.
i'll opened a conference on inter
national affairs at Quebec and
were later Joined by Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden. e..
Allied forces liberated Luxem-
bourg September II, and at 8:11
pm. First Army infantryrnen
crossed into Germany north
west Of Trier. Rotgen, a small
deserted railroad village Just In
side Of Germany was the first
German town captured by
the American troops. a n d
to the north, the British took
lie Havre and the Canadians
had advanced through Bruges.
The Russians announced on
September IL thar an armistice
had been reached with Ru-
mania, Great Britain, the United
States and Russia acting on be-
half Of the United Nations. The
Ninth Army joined the first,
Third and Seventh Armies on
September 10, and previously
General Eisenhower had warned
German civilians to keep out of
the path Of Allied armies in the
Rhine and Ruhr areas.
U. S. Forces invaded Morotai,
an island 800 miles south of the
Philippines, September IA, and
on the following day Admiral
Nin1itz announced the invasion
of Peliliu in the Palu Island
group.
TIE Quebec Conference ended
September is with the an
nouncement that Roosevelt and
Churchill had found their chief
problem was to find room and
opportunity for .mrashalling
against Japan the massive forces
which each and all Of the ma
items concerned are ardent to
engage against the enemy"
BY September II four breach
es had been made In the Sieg-
fried Line, and First Army sol
diers and tanks were pushing
into the Reich. Parachute
troops landed in Arnheim and
ground forces attacked between
Antwerp and Msastricht In an