London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1945, London, Middlesex                                To the last stretch ride the reel horsemen o a vast Canvas picturing a Cossack charge under Alexander Nevsky or Peter the the russian this picture of soviet cavalrymen captures the fury of the present red offensive Over the Plains of Poland and into Germany sweeping before it elements of the vaunted cavalry units form a part of the red new York German lesson Teeco ten thes London edition daily newspaper of armed forces Paris Pes in tide european theater of operations daily French lesson Sueyo Nonous assay own of lets sit Down Cut Brest nazi beaten bad town by fort by Berlin 7th army troops were re ported last night to have dented perimeter of a German Bridgehead on the South Bank of the Mohler two Miles West of As they counterattacked against forces striking into Northern Alsace in a Fronat stretching from Hageneau area Westward to the Weer Vosges f Voith their ardennes positions virtually by the combined push of 1st and 3rd which now were to be meeting Only rearguard the germans opened up anew against the 7th throwing in attacks wednes Day night and yesterday and crossed the Moder under cover of unsuccessful diversionary thrusts b9th East and West of eight Miles we it of the Rhine and 20 Miles North of the who had been building of strength in the area from which the americans had withdrawn previously to More defensible began the crossing with a heavy artillery and of mortar barrage and gained positions in the goods West of an important Conan Una Tatums Center still in american the enemy were said to their at the Cost of heavy j would Hare no effect i while the Fate of by germans Only ten Miles away Oji both i and admittedly fencer i dispatches from sheaf said that a holding the town or losing it have material effect upon the course of the the germans in Alsace do no present a threat a great As that of Field Fla Randi god von Rundstedt forces they staged their breakthrough into Belgium and it was before the americans fell Back five Days ago in a planned five to Tenmile with Atawal from their officials and other civilians who 1might have met with reprisals from the siermans were evacuated from the area rail and motor elsewhere along the Western Pront the Mes were doing the in the where the weather was the coldest so far this both the 1st and 3rd armies continued to continued on Page slows War plants 25 of worst Winter in ten years is sloping War a induction in several Eastern nud web officials the most serious trouble arises from in ten options to transport caused by heavy and the shortage of All types f reds throw tanks across Oder Berlin Only 125 Mies away crashing Forward All along the 600mile Eastern russian troops yesterday plunged to within 125 Miles of severed East Prussia from the rest of the Reich and pushed to within four and on half Miles of capital of the great Industrial area of the soviet forces also drove ahead along a 120mile stretch of the germans Oder line and established at least two Bridgehead on the Western Bank of the the last natural Barrier protecting Berlin the germans admitted that russian tanks had crossed the River at Steinau 34 Miles Northwest of a penetration of German territory at that Point had not been disclosed by either pm Tail red army patrols pass through the ruined streets of prussian fortress town captured by general  forces after bitter fighting Chernyakhovs keys forces sweep Westward while marshal  drive North and Northwest to isolate the prussian Force of about bombers hit Corregidor yank toll of Luzon japs 101 american killing japanese at a ratio of ten to one since the Luzon Campaign penetrated almost to the Center of Clark Fields sprawling network of Aird Romes while bombers made their first raid on Corregidor guarding the Entrance to Manila the Jap stronghold at Bamban and a nearby which is one of Clark 3 guilty gis ask line duty 25 Amer ican sentenced to five years imprisonment today in connection with theft and Sale in the Paris Black Market of cigarette and other army asked if they could be allowed to rehabilitate themselves inside the army by frontline or any other they were Cooksey Edward and Paul what consideration their received was not Virgil who pleaded not was sentenced to 15 Headquarters of the judge advocate revealed that there were indications that pilfering on military trains had fallen Ott since the trials began and the sentences became other reasons Given were a tightening up in the system of checking trucks from station to an increase in guard and closer surveillance by Azis sink troop transport 765 missing tithe recent sinking by enemy action in european Waters of a troop transport with Jna Rethan men aboard was an i bounced yesterday in Washington by Secretary of War Henry a of 248 men lost their lives and 517 Stimson he gave no few hours previously in defense minister Andrew Mcnaughton disclosed that die Atlantic had been alive for with wretched German sub he was unable release this he unti Canadian con scripts had reached the on the German news Agency claimed that six ships totalling tons and three corvettes had been sunk by Atlantic prowling increase of boat activity was first disclosed 9 in the joint statement released monthly by president Roosevelt and prime minister their statement for 1944 warned that the germans had introduced new devices in undersea warfare such As the extensible air intake and exhaust which enable boats to remain submerged for Long periods and so penetrate into areas denied to them for the past three Fields 11 fell to the 40th Douglas Macarthur Headquarters a n Forward patrols were in the area of fort stot 48 Miles from m a c a r t h u is communique up to noon tuesday safty that americans Sid Kilko taken 423 prisoners and wounded an estimated on american casualties were 637 187 and while Tokyo radio reported new american landings along the Bolinao which forms the Western land Arm of lingayen Macarthur revealed that liberators on tuesday raided Corregidor in the first blow to reduce Corregidor defences against the Day when americans will hold Manila and want to use its palembang attack reported elsewhere in the Tokyo re ported a 120plane attack against Palem bang on Sumatra by what it said was a British task Force built around three air Craft it was the first announce ment of British action in that Tokyo also reported another super fort raid on Japan and As Well As Carrie plane assaults against Formosa and iwo Jima in the boning was the target for another super fort attack Washington the bombers flew from Saipan unhindered by Jap interceptors and crewmen reported Good German official news Gerky quoted a statement by japanese War minister Field marshal admitting losses in Many cases of 30 and 40 per cent of the original forces of japanese on Pacific heavies Idle again bad weather kept heavy bombers of the 8th air Force Idle for the second Day in a Row Stilwell named chief of age 25 ans Joseph Stilwell has been appointed commander of army ground succeeding Ben Secretary of War Henry Stimson announced Lear is now Eto Deputy com i having arrived in pans i known fondly to his men As Vinek was commander of troops in Burma and India an chief or staff to Chiang Kai Shek until his recall to the states recently after difficulties with the at the same president Roosevelt submitted to the a new list of naming Albert who assumed part of Stilwell former to be a lieutenant and Brig Anthony the lost air borne divisions Deputy who told the germans they warned him to give up to be a major other major generals named for pro motion to lieutenant general were William Hood 9th army and Leonard commander of the 5th corps in seventy six colonels were nominated for promotion to Brigadir Currie to study Swiss Reich Trade same time reported that red army troops were Only 125 Miles from the German according to reports from preparations were being made to evacuate one quoting a Well in formed added that government records and valuables were already leaving the City and that foreign correspondents had been told to get ready to closing in on Konigsberg at the North end of the general Cherniachovs keys forces were closing in on capital of East and were reported to have broken into the first line of fortifications around the Cherniachovs keys left linked up with marshal to Kossovsky had outflanked the Masuria Lake to Kossovsky left driving North toward the was reported to have entered completing the encircle ment of East German overseas news Agency previously admitted that the russians had reached the Baltic and that East Prussia had been marshal Zhukov right spearhead advancing along a 50mile front toward the Baltic port of had Cut half Way through the polish while troops of his left Wing made heavy attacks on the last Large polish town still in German Posen is 136 Miles from marshals Zhukov and Koniaev now have linked up in the area North of and it is this combination which terms the great threat to Stalin yesterday announced that Ulet confirmed on Page 4 25 Laughlin administrative assistant to president is going to Switzerland soon to try to Cut off ship ments of War supplies to the state department announced in washing ton new negotiations regarding the pro Blem of Swiss War supplies to Germany Are about to be the announcement our efforts to shorten the War Render it important that these negotiations be undertaken without Iceland authorizes air pact with 25 icelandic parliament today authorized the Cabinet to conclude a formal agreement with the covering air communications Between the two pro posed airlines could operate Between Reykjavik and other airports in Iceland to new York and via inter mediate