Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1944, Strasbourg, Alsace Continued from Page 1 it was Dot a Zefpra Shaw revealed anything More specific than Tho fact that the hardest Battle continent spokesman said marshal von great Winter counteroffensive has been dented after five Days of the most intensive Ift i but not this week and probably Jundt l first wednesday that ufos to the Jenna is had four penetrations in the ranging in Between five 21 j Oiw toward Echt crack the drive was to Yard tech teach in if Luxembourg 20 Miles Soho Veradio has beep heard indicating that it prevent it for befalling Iris Tigerman tuesday ech was still in first army second drive was the belgian City of just North East of the two columns this attack and appear to surrounded american units of undisclosed strength near the Luxembourg belgian German the third spearhead struck at about 15 Miles Northeast of Here also two columns advanced some reaching 21 Miles inside the belgian Border this brought the panzers Little Over 20 Miles from which the first had taken in mid nazi Cor respondents in Sweden said Spear Heads were within 12 Miles of the the fourth thrust was through Monschau and pierced to the Bel Gian this sweep Appa Brantly has been with first army unite mopping up scattered paratroops for three Days after the fiercer action expected both sides expect the Battle to get fiercer before it Hodges men have massed for counter particularly at Northeast of the town in a cutting off the weather has disabling Saap observation and Pernik thing the Najlis to concentrate their forces to give the drive but for his spectacular and von Rundstedt must Supply at Gallons of fuel a this through German to bile units which will be excellent targets for Allied frontline while warning hat the nazis May deepen their penetration still Point out that it is Clear the Ger Man High command in risking the destruction of its last and Best reserves for a breakthrough that could add some months to the our reinforcements have begun to take shape at the Northern end of the reports has Jack apparently around Mon Morm Hau reinforced resistance on All sectors of the West particularly in the seventh army Sec where Patch four months after their landings in the threatened the hinge of the upper Over nine towns fell to the yanks Dur ing the week and at the Northern sector of the sevenths they made hard won gains up to three Miles within patrons third army beat off minor German thrusts and made Small gains through the fortress Belt North of Saar Mautern and Northeast of the Busy first army had Lime to Send Back some reports from its one said Hitler had told them they would have Aachen for Christmas and Paris for the new which have sounded Good to German civilians who were by their government they would have Little else for Christ a lurch Bells have been melt wine is virtually non Christmas Trees and greeting cards Are december 1944 new chateau f pie Trett Birk finferd Baum Holder j b29s Marshall von pundit Dot launched counteroffensive in four the first army hat recaptured but the Almedy the it is within 20 Miles of the Southern column la stashing into huns executed 1st army yanks by Jack Frankish staff correspondent first army Bel the first army forwarded to Washington an official re port on the massacre of Over one Hundred unarmed americans who had been taken prisoner by the is and panzers of a German tank co Lumn South of fifteen men escaped from a group of Between 100 and the germans the prisoners up in a Finkl and sprayed the ranks with tank and machine gun an american Field artillery unit moving along a Highway in a truck Convoy was fired upon by German the men were taken the germans took their and valuables and then lined them up in a Field with their hands behind their a guard fired a shot into crowd and then tank and machine guns i pwned Washington casualties among since the outbreak of the War now total including missing and War invasion operations in the lowlands and Border Region Cost army ground forces casualties totalling up to the War the total included Isbills wounded and miss air Force casualties were not included in the casualties reported in amounted to the we As follows wounded and mi88inewa sunk Washington the Navy announced the loss of the an auxiliary to enemy action in the Central a nearly 80 per cent of the Crew was Washington super fort resses Friday attacked Industrial targets i Housho from the Sai pan tile combined might of the 20th and 2ist bomber the 14th Saaf and the chinese me rican composite Wing were joined this week in continuing super fort attacks on the japanese Homeland and enemy target in Industrial centers in were the latest to feel the mounting fury of the Pacific air As b29s struck by Dayi Light from China bases Mukden was previously attacked on the momentum of the assaults Rose monday when the planes moved in from Saipan hitting a the largest plane producing Center in the japanese which had Felt an earlier strike dec at the same air men of Curtis Lemay s Chi abased 20th bomber com Mand concentrated on one of Tho main enemy bases in All american planes returned from both it was revealed two Days and heavy damage was inflicted on the Tokuki plane Plant at Nagoya where was also left ablaze and the City s Power Plant possibly put out o according to dispatches from More than 200 Mitchells and fighters in the Chi abased attack spread tons of bombs on Hankow shipping installations and rail Yards and the cites most important Jap Airfield in Charles of reported from fort two enemy planes were destroyed and 24 others probably knocked out Gur Mich Tokyo broadcasts said about 70 american bombers of Hansel Saipan based 21sl bomber command took part in the the massive Pacific air attacks with a medium Force of b20e striking from China at the japanese Home Island of southernmost of the main a 20th air Force communique wednesday revealed that an aircraft Plant at Omura was the and that other planes also struck docks and engineering works on the China is Lake Isey r in drive last organized japanese resist Ance in Nort Central Burma col lapsed his week with the capture of Irrawaddy Volley by the Bahamo fell to the american trained veterans of the chinese 38th division after a 28day Battle in which the trapped enemy Gar Rison broke Down under a Hail of gunfire which left the River beaches littered with japanese the Bahamo stronghold was by passed nearly a month ago by the chinese 30th division which has since fought 35 Miles South East in u drive toward Junction with other forces which would open the first major Supply route to China since the two forces Are within 80 Miles of each on the other Asia the chinese High command announced the capture of 20 Miles inside the Kwangsik pro Vince Border and about 15 Miles Northwest of Llo Chih toward which the chinese were pursuing vhf in while the continuing chinese successes removed any immediate japanese threat to Kwei the danger to 14th air Force he at Kunming has not been entirely according to Robert chief of staff to commander in Mcclure said americans Are giving the chinese As much assistance As Hurley sees China chunking Patrick new ambassador to told his first press con Ference Friday that he believed China to be unconquerable and asserted there had Leen no animosity of any kind Between chinese and american authorities in connection the with recent recall of Joseph China is bruised and bleeding after eight years of today China is meeting the inva Der like a wounded Tiger and have no doubt of chivas determination to fight to the Hurley the ambassador said our con Terence with Chiang Kai Shek and chinese officials have Al ways been direct and cordial buy More War Bonds gain on Mindoro Battle of Leyte won in a hold amphibious jump from Leyte to Walter Kreuger 6th army threaded 600 Miles of philippine Waters to open the second phase of the Battle of the following their Surprise Landing at Dawn on Fri the doughboy have firmly established three beachhead on the Southwest coast which they Haive swept Forward to engulf the town of san Jose with its airfields and penetrate to a Point 11 Miles Macarthur describes the operation As driving a corridor from East to West through the splitting the Archi and giving the americans command of sea and air routes to the China a blistering seven Day air neutralization Campaign by land and Fleet carriers which covered the invasion operations has raged continuously resulting in the destruction of 742 in Addi Tion 41 Jap ships were sunk and 64 others vice aboard a Carrier Force described Aerial of la which drove two thirds of the Jap Nir Force in that Siren out of the n he Neprel for the Aerial destruction of we con do the same kind of Job on Japan lint did on la Mccain the Luzon on Rolion is reported in Linn acted the Island and severed the enemy Supply line from japs Fleming on Leyte the capture of the Oroc Corri Dor stronghold of Valencia by the 77th division and a deep thrust behind lines by the 1st cavalry division has completely destroyed the once powerful a Mashia line on All Inte grated resistance has ended with the beaten remnants fleeing into the guerilla infested Hills Valencia was the site Headquarters for Sosaku suzukis1 35th Jap this lifted the shroud of secrecy from guerilla characterized As an aggressive which has won strategic airfields and ports on the islands of Cebu and Bohol in the a 125mile stretch of on Northern Mindanao is also reported under guerilla Bong gets 40th Lloyte Richard 1 american Ace of this bagged two More planes this week Over the bringing his score to Stalin rounds 65 Moscow Joseph Vissarionov Vii bettor known As Joseph celebrated his 05th to Fey xxv the new landings on Mindoro have put american forces on the shores i of the China cutting off the Southern Philippines from Tho japanese Empire
