Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1944, Strasbourg, Alsace                              Page 8 stars and Middle East september 1944 Fuia pass fall so americans weeps across Rubicon americans of fifth army have stormed and captured the Futa on a direct Highway to after a ten Day attack which left the German gothic line a of in the Adriatic eighth army troops poured across Rubicon fanning up the pm Valley and threatening to linkup with the american yank patrols on saturday approached within 15 Miles of the City of but re tired and Are now approximately so Miles from the City Ger mans have been moving up reinforcements to lilt the american drive and counterattacked fiercely in the Mountain fifth army troops made gains up to three Miles one sector the nazis drove them from the Spur of alanine South of Castel Del the Battle in the Apennine Sec Tor developed after an american Advance of 50 Miles across rugged Mountain netting Ger Man prisoners and bringing death to thousands of others caught in merciless artillery two third of the German fourth Para Chute division was mass of rubble an official account said the go thic defense zone was a shattered mass of rubble battered Forti Elul with bodies of slain both the fifth and eighth army drives picked up Speed this week As the ground dried from recent Rains prevented the fifth getting close air support which had been aiding the Advance during the past few while poor observation due to the weather tampered the ground forces in their assault on entrenched German positions in the Apennine after Clearing the last resistance South of the eighth army event canadians to the out skirts of seven mile North of which fell last thursday to greek other eighth army troops approached Savignano eight Miles Northwest of Camerano and Sev eral other towns near the Adriatic coast were captured Hill fails 19 Miles Southeast of has been occupied and British troops in that zone took four Miles Northwest of to the West of the fifth army s main South african troops captured Hill four Miles North of general Wilson has sent Ames Sage of congratulations to general Alexander for the breaching of the gothic line and the crossing of the Rubicon and expressed hid Hope that this crossing of the Rubicon will a Victory As As that of Julius fierce fighting rages in the area of Futa which has been captured by the fifth on the eighth army units crossed the reds throw ring around Riga continued from Page t tier at two More soviet forces also captured Entrance to the Rostok pass leading across the mountains into Slovakia whore partisans Are fight hip Blun find hungarian the situation at Warsaw re Mains virtually the having captured Tho suburb of the  famed artillery is now pounding Gorman positions on the High Warsaw Bluffs across the River while of the North and a pincer movement to envelope the City is from Tho Broad ening Vistula Bridgehead South of the russian troops Ore battling their Way russian Blitz the Swift estonian Campaign which Moscow says knocked out was accomplished by the wildfire technique of Dart ing columns which rushed across Esthonia at a Milch Eshour encircling and segregating into pockets part of the presupposed 20 nazi Baltic after breaking through the land Corri Dor separating the finnish Gulf with Lake two columns of troops rushed Clear Esthonia and into its with such Speed that the numbed nazis surrendered in three hours even wrecking Harbor scarcely they struck South and West of Tallinn in Pur yank sky troopers head for Holland heavy bombers concentrate on Germany proper fruit of the racing another 50 Miles southward to capture the Large port Paron and a wedge through the another column took the port of Lalap Sulu in their plan to capture Clear the coastline and pre vent the red Fleet swept into the Baltic sea through cleared mine Fields on first combat cruise in three in support of the land with the offensive in is Lynnia sowed armies of Godorov and Maslennikov drove into Latvia to assist Hegr Emyan i the assault on a fourth lied army Lay massed South and West of launch hungarian offensive on other he weeks end saw russian forces launch a and and air assault on a Lingo says army swept Down into the hungarian Plain leading to 3s Miles in a hid to Knock hitlers last big satellite from the Ami attacked in great forces at the Southeastern Cornei in the area of Spear Heads were reported by the Ruma Nian officials to be across the Bor North of battle15 were reported to be flaring up on the Border areas of and Moscow still re Mains reticent on new Offen Sive against Hungary but the Ger mans say that Russ troops have advanced Westward to and northward to Gyula and with fierce Battles in Progress american paratroopers 1st Allied airborne which landed in Holland prepare to Board the c47 transport which flew them to their one go helps his Comrade adjust a heavy pack while another hands part of hts equipment up into the own 1 y Zuchow Falls in enemy drive to close China coast few hours after Roosevelt described the chinese military situation As Satis Kai seeks head qua announced the loss of Siang River port and Gateway Tok Wangsui about 00 Miles Southwest of we Chow other forces captured of they close this Gap they will have a line running from Hainan Island to Hong Kong for defensive operations against b29s hit Manchuria again in the air tin on Loe receiving Large Supe forts struck Iulo Manchu Ria for the third assault on an major Isteel and returned without the loss of a single subsidiary attacks Svercl directed at Manchu and Loyang and Hailong in occupied the Lith Saaf also Ronnie a the skies sinking an troop ship in the Formosa Straits which brought the weeks to tons of enemy Light enemy Pluues were downed in five others probably rest toyed and 1 Damn Pil without the loss of a single with the combined Allied air forces at work this week once the heavy rams had eased Ger Many proper began to feel the full weight of bombing fleets which onco had to bomb occupied Terri tory of now heavies pounded Tho Rhine Valley in full of Bremen and All vital to the nazi defensive operations in the were targets tuesday and wed from the first bomber of our bombers and seven escorting planes Are damage in Stuttgart has been so chaotic that its police chief has or dered everyone not working to leave the town by the first of Tho Neuss and Muenster in the Ruhr were Raf weekend from Italy Allied planes factories in Southern Germany and paved the Way for albanian air revealed that almost two thirds of Germany main naval Basin and Lias been either destroyed or dam Lidwig shaven and Frankfurt also flying bomb attacks against Southern were from Page 1 which experts had previously said was a must before attempting to move any Southeast of units of the third gave up chateau Salins in the face of in to the Channel Side the thing British and airborne the canadians solved one of Eisenhower chief of fresh Supply taking Boulogne and getting within Yards of As at Ger Man Garrison forces were defend ing these so vital to keeping up Tho Allied lightning if needs to the poles join red devils action at was the most dramatic of the while airborne unit at Nijm Egen was Able to consolidate its the battalion further North had the worst of a Tough assignment which grew tougher with spells of bad weather making it impossible to add reinforcements from the for three Days the British unit was without reinforce ments from the at one stage troops Wen Iino Square orman flak and artillery poured Lead through the driving from Xii Megan second army advanced into Halfway to their goal where the Ienna is have built up a Strong four Miles from two patrol groups forged a to Lions link but if too slight to push across the heavy weapons so badly needed by the monday polish airborne troops brought some o bottled red j5ui uus want enough to hold Back the ceaseless counterattacks and i under cover of night shot with artillery fhe survivors managed to make for the River Anil they Are now at rear rest one senior staff officer of the British second army termed Tho not a Gallant bul a slightly  which prov enied the Cne Niv from sending reinforcements to the Shiuh and contributed largely to the Success of the whole that stand had secured for the allies firm hold on the big Bridge Over the Rhine the at nil no fraternization order from up on respondent Henry Correll inside Germany with the i in army came the report that thousands of German civilians Are engaging in comm univ dig court chucks out Texas insurgents Washington Climax ing the political in the pro Roosevelt forces appear to have won out in the Long fought Issue concerning the party elec toral College slate for the general the state supreme smrt has ruled the democratic party was empowered to replace 15 of 23 electors who refused to cast their vote for Roosevelt despite the results of the popular a similar Issue in Louisiana will Bufi settled when the state ecu trial democratic 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