European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6the stars and stripes monday june 6,1994 h a a r vol. 4 no. 187 tripes Dally newspaper of . Armed forces in the european theater of operations surge past 1st seized City Ike sees beachhead troops firing from the water "3 if Fri few Cam Emmr gets i close up Riew of Allied Landing opera toe 4tkul. A a a re we a a a a it a the Chamul. Right aim soldiers batting their was Mhore writer been an a. A Mathume Guex. Some i the m fired front water hiding behind Earmy Beach obstacles la Rottet room arriving at the _ a a. Other pictures a Paf 1. A 4. Luftwaffe i area. Midday yesterday from june 6, aircraft flew approximately 27,000 at a omit o 289 planes barely assert itself sparked by powerful heavy bomber attacks Over a wide arc South of the Normandy beachhead the Allied air forces yesterday gave continuous cover to invading Roopa in he face of increasing Luftwaffe opposition. Although the air umbrella was never really challenged at every Type of Allied Craft Cut a wide swathe of destruction behind enemy lines dog Light. Above the French beaches yesterday indicated that German tighter reinforce menu finally were being drawn towards combat areas. To midday Allied Aicra conies More than one pet cent. In the same period. 176 of the Small number of Craft the luf Walte dared Send aloft were destroyed. Up to 1,000 fortresses and liberators escorted by almost s00 eighth air fort pd7s, Phi and Pis bombarded Bridges re Iliad junctions Railroad Yards and air tilds within 100 to i to Miles South nut heart and Southwest of the beachhead great fires were left raging in the Normandy town of Caen in the Vicinity of which a fierce ground Battle was said to be in Progress by marauders attacking at 4.jwft. Shortly after Daybreak. Only three hours after the Early morning attack More than 260 marauders and. Havoc Lii railway lines and Yards on the Clur Borg Peninsula and hading to ii. Founded were Petiers Lehaye do Pubis Luskay pontau Bault Calogne and St to. All lire bombers returned. Operating As flying artillery support for infantrymen battling their Way. Into icon i tue on Page 4 thew Art Oday a Lic a pts a Bayeux first City and airfields for land is artillery and motor transport. ,. Reported driving to Cut Cherbourg Peninsula. First phase of fighting successfully completed and troops tactical reserves in second phase. Effii a in Carman reports say russian have begun offensive ots Broad front North of Jassy where Moscow reported 10.000 nazis killed in eight Days hammering at red army positions if vhf Charniy Jakc civil vec j Chia on Tyr Leniart coast 40 Miles Northwest of Rome in rapid Pursuit of retreating germans. ,. Kesselring 1 14th army officially described As in Quot a comi Drible slate of Pacific ame Csc Nure Ai drome on Bialt Island off Hutch new Guinea win Airstrip Wuhan Laud hated bomber Range of Philippines. A. Lie. Res Homb Guam arid mein Supply ships off Truk. Japs m Kohima Mica report ctr running Short of food and medic me. A troops performing magnificently text of Eisenhower statement after visiting beachhead area a Quot my Complete Confidence in the ability c4 the Allied armies navies and air forces to do All they arc asked to do a been completely justified. Quot in the Early Landing operations which Are always largely naval tie two Allied navies together with elements of other naval units of the United nations under adm. Ramsay have excelled in the High Standard of their planning and their execution any prior venture on which i have been engaged. A the Long and Brilliant Campaign con ducted in the past months by the combined air forces including the commands of air chief marshal Harris Gen. Spate and air chief marshal Leigh Mallory was an essential preliminary to the undertaking of the operation and Hai proved its effectiveness by the fact that the Landing was made As planned. Their Good work is continuing. Quot Gen. Montgomery it in immediate and direct charge Prall the assault ground forces. Under him All troops Are performing Berlin reports soviet offensive after standing off a cavy German tank attacks for nine Days at a Cost to the Natii of 10,000 dead the red army was reported toy the enemy yesterday to have launched an offensive ton a Broad front North of Jassy its Rumania and to it Iva driven Forward a some As usual in the Early hours of new operations Moscow was silent and so it was not possible to Ini whether the reported new offensive was in fact the beginning of the red army summer Campaign designed to coincide with he three Day old Allied invasion of France. For Days German sources have reported the russians ready and Only a few hours before Berlin s report a Reuter dispatch from Moscow reported that Quot All the indications Are that the red army is Likely to throw its weight into a Lull scan offensive at any time to complement the Ahmed invasion on the Western col. Ernst von Hammer military commentator of the German news Agency who reported the new offensive said the continued on Post 4 first mail Cali for liberators by Arthur w. While Sian in Sims Stag Niit the first Kukri from Home for american soldiers in the invasion Force Are expected to be sent across the Channel from England by fast boat today the postal division Tousa announced. Soldiers of the army postal regulating Section have landed on the beaches and a re waiting to receive mail and dispatch it to. The men now fighting their Way Inland. Quot mail writ go regularly to the troops on the other Side that Are ready to receive it a Potla division official said. Quot where positions Are secure our men Are standing by to take it in deliver it direct to Apo in 1 of re la it it it it he appropriate Quot if All goes according to schedule mail for outfits in France should be landed there within two Days of its arrival in England. It will go direct from the place where it s landed Here to a coastal con icon mud on Page 4 j of Stern resistance 11 i. Inland nazis Allied armies in France growing Ever mightier with More men. Unis and gun channelled Gros by sea and a by captured Bayeux yesterday and surged beyond five Miles beyond by German admission in a Landing head 36 Miles wide ii Miles deep. And on the Cherbourg Peninsula West of there the terming old of massive new ., airborne reinforcements which caused the nazi troops who had been attacking the original Landing forces Here to fall Back on the defensive and nazi spearheads to be pulled in. The official Allied communique at Midnight announced continued Progress by he British and Canadian troops and gradual enlargement of the american Bridgehead which Are on the right flank of the fighting front in the Cherbourg Peninsula sector. Quot the enemy is fighting fiercely a the communique said. Quot his reserves have now been in action along the whole the allies were driving by German account to choke off the Cherbourg Peninsula at its neck by a Strong tank and infantry smash Southwest Ward from Bayeux the first City to be captured in the invasion and a simultaneous northeastward push by target Force reported to have been landed by air on the Western Side of the Promontory. East of Bayeux too the allies smashed Inland. In this sector the germans claimed that Gen. Bernard l. Montgomery had in action half of the 20 divisions they estimated were Al ready landed in Normandy including three armoured divisions. At shia of the strength of the German forces in action was estimated at ten divisions. A there was fierce fighting for Caen larger City 17 mites Down the Road from Bayeux and an official Allied pres observer in a dugout on the front said that its fall appeared imminent. The 16-Ineh. Guns of the British battleship Nelson along with other warships offshore had supplemented Allied artillery in pouring shells into the blazing town. Tote germans reported that the British had landed tanks in the area from Quot hundreds of urge gliders Quot and that an armoured Battle was under Way. They also told of powerful airborne landings at Falaise and Argenta some 40 Miles from the coast below Caen. Both Bayeux and Caen Art of the Railroad and main Highway Between Cherbourg and Paris. In addition to taking Bayeux the Allied forces gained airfields on which artillery and motor transp on were landed for the swelling airborne forces. The present fit France or the if5. First infantry division Veteran of she. A a disclosed at sheaf this division was the first to land to France in world War i and a bears to meet the germans then. Tote first phase of the fighting Quot which might be said to be the securing of a foothold and the defeating of local German reserves has been it was said at sheaf last night. An officer explained that the troops were entering second phase which consists of the defeating the German tactical reserves. Roop a a rushed speedily from behind the front to the danger Points. Beyond these Are the strategical reserves held deep in France. For i Che off me beachhead said in a statement that his Confidence to the armies navies and air forces 1 has been completely justified Tco Linurd on Page 4 Freedom sends French town wild by Richard Mcmillan feb with advanced invasion forces june in Bayeux greeted the Allied troops who occupied it Al midday with Flowers and cheers cries of god save the King and Quot we have wailed for this Friy. On to i poured the Allied front line and entered Bayeux with the first troops. It was a a conc of rejoicing As the people went wild. The streets were blocked with cheering men women and children. The Tricolour and Union jacks were Hung in the windows. Catch threw open their doors and pianists began to play British and French pal folic tunes. Crowds a Mcd and shouted Quot Vive Tommy Quot Quot Vive it was a scene of mingled War and peace through Liidi i passed As 1 drove a jeep into the Interior along pan of the front line. After a Dusty dreary Sorn ring. The Sun Hui i through and the skies cd Jird ii a a it a pc fro i summer Day. Driving through the coastal defense Belt 1 saw the havoc wrought by the Allied naval and air bombardment which had a to some roads and Many hamlets which the germans bad used As Headquarters. Lit Bayeux All were anxious for news of a he invasion Quot will you please go to the Maine and explain to the mayor that we must have our wire exp arts returned Quot a Man wearing Blue overalls asked me when he round Shat i spoke French. Quot they confiscated All our wireless sets during the past few Days because they feared we would listen in and carry out sabotage orders Given from London Quot some Village through which 1 passed were entirely deserted. In others Tome ctr Ham remain and rushed out screaming for Joy. One Village woman told me. Quot of. The germans were really we ked recently Rommel came to this on a vim to the Germun coat Al defences the nans turned out in Force. Ror Nuci told them these positions Are we knew he was lying Tecc Siuse most of tie German troops told us Zmikly Tulve British and Ami icons Ait now too Strong for us but we will fight on nevertheless to the last Man. Quot along the country lanes subdued wtmivii10 4 Priwo a streamed to Quot a beaches. Our no try Pound amidst handers poppies m the Fields pounded the enemy beyond Bayeux. British and German deadly Quot on a he verges of the roads a if to ruled it a of up and cattle As if this Day were no different from any other. The Allied War nov chore a red past along the duly highways but the Only sign the solid peasants gave Wax ? Hine it was the towns a he sgt of Bayeux who really showed appreciation repeating again and again Cesli it our de to everyone wanted to know Quot when will you get to pxris7&Quot re a. ,0mcn thai they were refugees from the capital. Son said w from our f1&Quot and u u to have fat get longing for Rise Day when you arrive so that we can be reunited to oter loved ones a the Atlantic Wall Quot along the inva continued at principal port for Rome Falls to racing allies Civita Vecchia 40 Miles from capital captured 5th army presses on advancing swiftly go rate of 10 Miles a Day it. Geo. Mark w. Clark fifth army has captured Civita Scochia Rome s principal port on the tyrrhenian coast 40 Miles Northwest of the capital and putted on in Pursuit of marshal Kesselring to retreating forces it was announced yesterday. Athe logo Fol after relatively slight re. Sis Tanct the official communique said. Besides Ming a key shipping Center. Civile Vecchia also is an important communications Center on lha main Tine from Rome to Turin and Genoa and the Junction of Inland traffic to one and term. What remain of Kesselring s 14th army yesterday was reported off rally to be in a state of considerable . Mearim 21 mile East of Civita Vecchia other fifth army vanguards reached Lake Bragnano and occupied the town seme name on the Wen Shore. Eighth Arm troops to the East of a Tome took sub Teco on the mein lateral read front Ron to Pescara end also occupied Gua Jonia 20 Mike to atheist of Rome one of the East important airfields m the Rome area. Fir i Large Batch of prisoners lands the first Large group of German prisoners captured on the beachhead of Northern France were landed wed by Ltd a night at a port in England. Only a handful of Allied officials several correspondents and the ships Crew were present at if debarkation. Tie prisoners displaying every emotion from arrogance to bewilderment marched to waiting trucks and were moved to an undisclosed destination. Four poles and one russian Soldier captured and drafted by the germans were among them
