European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Gen Maxwell Taylor 2nd from right greets 10m an troopers in liberated i heft White into Bastogne to de mind the nazi messengers returned an hour carrying a White piece of card on the cardboard Wai printed to the German from the american Mcauliffe had Given Hli to the Bali Gen Bruce co or combat Corad had scurried into St Voth on the morning of the be had expected the u 7th army dlr to be but found that the american held up by clogged haunt Tea doth army tanks didst reach the town until the Middle of the at Clarke a Given the task of defending he directed a stubborn defense that completely disrupted the Gorman plan Lor Conquest St Voth was not a town that could be As u was a rail Center that had to be taken for the drive to the Meuse and the English the German timetable called for the capture of Voth by the afternoon o bushing scattered units into combat As they arrived on the Clarkes men repelled attack after Tren ded by the with the town still in american the German Armor found itself in a tremendous traffic piled up against the St Voth units and men who expected by this time to be at the Meuse found them selves in a bumper bumper now the Kle and Allied air Craft took to the air and unmercifully raked the stalled when Clarke was ordered out of St Voth on allowing the germans to move the damage had been Allied and German commanders alike concede that the Sidas defense of the exposing packed German forces to relentless artillery fire and pounding by bad been the turning Point in hit tort futile the men at Bastogne held fam a on Christmas and the Divi Sion was being directed by the assistant powerful German artillery and Armor pounded the but the embattled Oil refused to with the German attack schedule suffering a set orders were issued from the Ger Man ugh command to bypass the but mis meant no rest for the Tough they and uth army div unit in the town withstood attack after attack and ceaseless artillery Bastogne was completely sur food and ammunition had to be air dropped to the cold and weary it has been said that Bastogne became an obsession with he stubbornly insisted that the be wiped out and the town the siege con on the morning of Gen Benrich von commander of the German forces battering received orders to cad on the Ameri cans to he dispatched four Man team on waving Maka Brig Gen Anthony Mcauliffe right gets dec from Gen George 14 ringing the perimeter of the town with enemy they withstood a Vio Lent attack on Christmas when the germans sent tanks to the each crawling with infantry the of knocked the tank off with Bax Ofca Ore and took a heavy toll of infantrymen before the germans re on 4th army tank under the command of then u col Crelghton forced its Way into and the siege was later to become v corps now army Vic chief of hitlers last Gamble had he had gone with his Best and been defeat although the Battle of the bulge lasted until the attack cracked up late in december before the guns of Allied troops that refused to troops like those at St Vith and the stars and stripes London display of Christmas cards is on show Here until Christmas at harrods department the exhibition sponsored by the Pioneer printing firm of Valen Tine pc sons an English has been ing the test Christmas in at the suggestion and re quest of a sir Henry three years earlier the House of Valentine had introduced Obj pictorial envelope Tor Christmas it was also the year when the Penny Post was but it want until that the wholesale reproduction of Christ Mas cards recently one of hours toys originals fir Henry had ordered 400 and the rest were sold for one shilling 14 cents each by a firm in old Bond or niger Goren on Bridge answers to Bridge quiz As South you hold u v q4 ak105 the bidding has proceeded North East South West pass pass in pass t what do you bid now the alter Nate bid of three diamonds la not for it will in Duce partner 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