Long Beach 2. California Friday,
December 1, 1944
Yonks Reach Last
Natural
Barrier to Rhine
Region
By THURSTON
MACAULY
INS Staff Correspondent
PARIS. Dec. 1.—(Friday)—The
United States Ninth" Army pacing a stepped up attentive that
captured even more German towns on the road to Cologne and Duseldorf
hurled cradling artillery fire across the Roer early today after seizing
a seven mile stretch of the vital river's west bank.
The London Daily
Express In an undated story reported that nearly all of the Ninth army arrayed
along the Roer on a front of 15 to 20 miles, (but this was not confirmed.)
The stage was
being set for a new crossing of the Roer, last important natural barrier before
the German Rhine Itself, as Ninth army tank led troops, screened by devastating
shell barrages, occurred Linden,
Flossdorf and Ratdorf, fought through most of hitting Back and clamped a pintera
on Linnlch.
, . American
spearheads, gouging' at fresh advances up to nearly ••three miles, knifed to
within barely more than 21 airline miles from Co'nsne. chief center of the
Industrial Rhinrland, and reached points about 21 miles from Duiseldorf.
southern gateway to the more Important Ruhr basin. In the 15th day of the war's
greatest battle.
5000
Japs Drown
In
Six Ship Loss
BY HOWARD HANDLEMAN
INS staff
correspondent
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS,
Philippines
Dec. 1—(Friday)—
A seventh Japanese
convoy of six ships, crammed with troops and supplies desperately needed by
enemy forces on
Leyte was
smashed In Philippine waters yesterday and Thursday with the Japanese suffering
the
loss of another
5000 men and huge cargoes.
The convoy, consisting of a
3000-ton troop transport, three small freighter transports, n 5000- on
freighter and a destroyer, was lasted In the Visayan sea by
Warhawk and Thunderbolt fighter bombers
based on Leyte.
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