August 31, 1944; U. S. CASUALTIES MOUNT:

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, AUGUST 31, 1944:

 

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, AUG. 31, 1944

 American Has Same

Rank as Montgomery;

Both Given Praise

Eisenhower Reveals

Heavy Punishment

Inflicted Upon Foe

 

DIXON, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31,1944

Allies' Lightning

Drive Finds Nazis

Fleeing for Reich

Americans Stab North

Along Last 30 Miles

to Belgian Border

Supreme .Headquarters Allied

Expeditionary Force. Aug. 31—(AP)—

British tanks captured Amiens and smashed across the Somme river today in a lightning 60-mile drive in -48 hours that found the Germans in full flight

back to the Reich before four onrushlng allied armies.

Thc British raced with American columns which overran Laon and stabbed on north along the last 30 miles to Belgium with such bewildering- speed that they overwhelmed three trainloads of German soldiers trying to escape.

Army's Casualties

Mount to Total of

284,838 August 13th

Figures Reflect Period of

Heaviest Fighting

in Normandy

Washington. Aug. 31—(AP)

Reflecting the period of heaviest fighting- in northern France, total Army casualties jumped to 281838 on August 13, an increase of 23.219 over those

ported just a week earlier.

Coupled with Navy casualties of 58.353. the latest "overall figures for the armed services is  318,791. compared with 317,816 a week ago. All figures are on the basis of those officially reported to next of kin and represent a lag of three weeks or more behind action in the field. Undersecretary of War Patterson,

who reported the latest Army casualty figures to his news conference, said they reflected the heaviest period of fighting in northern France toward the end of July—the time of the brcakthrough against fixed German positions. He added,.