American troops fought within sight
of the battered spire of St. Lo, strategic heart of Hitler's defenses in the
eastern sector of the 48-mile U.S. front in Normandy, while in the western
sector German forces continued to withdraw southward toward Lessay yesterday
A U.S. ARTILLERY CP, France-
Showing utter contempt for
"master race" divisions facing them, U.S. Negro artillerymen, firing
155mm. howitzers, are blasting German installations and
troop concentrations, pounding to
pieces the Nazi theory of "inferior" and "superior" races.
MOSCOW, July 12 (UP)—
Three great new battles
are opening in Russia for eastern Poland, East Prussia and the Baltic States. The
ferocity with which the Germans are resisting the great march forward by
the forces of Marshal Rokossovsky and Gens. Chernyakhovsky and Bagramyan is indicative of
the gravity with which the German,,,, high commanders view
their position?
CHUNGKING, July 12—
The Allied campaign to drive the
Japanese out of northern Burma and complete a land supply route to China
reached another milestone yesterday when the Chinese
22nd and 38th Divisions effected
a juncture seven miles west of Mogaung.
Americans 4 Miles
From Periers;
Lull
On Caen Front
American troops fought within sight
of the battered spire of St. Lo, strategic heart of Hitler's defenses in the
eastern sector of the 48-mile U.S. front in Normandy, while in the western
sector German forces continued to withdraw southward toward Lessay yesterday.
Yanks advancing southwest from Carentan toward Periers, in the center of the
front, reached the villages of Maugerie and La Roserie, about fourmiles from Periers.
On the British and Canadian front
southwest of Caen, a lull occurred in the battle between the Odon and Orne Rivers,
after some of the heaviest fighting since D-Day.
Two Miles from
City
Fresh American forces poured
forward in new attacks toward St. Lo from a 640-foot ridge overlooking the city
from about three miles east, and one column reached a point two miles from the
center of the city. Fierce fighting raged on
the highway from Bayeux to St.
Lo, east of the city, as Yanks bypassed St. Andre de 1'Epine and swept through La
Calvaira for a gain of two miles.
Crack Negro
Artillery Outfit
Praised for Work
in 'France
By Allan M.
Morrison
Stars and
Stripes Staff Writer
A U.S. ARTILLERY CP, France-
Showing utter contempt for
"master race" divisions facing them, U.S. Negro artillerymen, firing
155mm. howitzers, are blasting German installations and
troop concentrations, pounding to
pieces the Nazi theory of "inferior" and "superior" races.
First Negro combat artillery team
to fight in this sector, this outfit is the howitzer member of a 4-unit
artillery group that includes a battalion of 105s and two of 155 Long Toms.
They make music horrible to enemy
ears, but to U.S. doughboys of the infantry division being directly supported
by their fire it's the sweetest song this
side of a taxi dance hall in
Harlem.
Berlin Bints
Big Retreat
In the East
Soviet Sweep
Continues
In North as Reds
Thrust
Deep in
Lithuania
MOSCOW, July 12 (UP)—
Three great new battles
are opening in Russia for eastern Poland, East Prussia and the Baltic States. The
ferocity with which the Germans are resisting the great march forward by
the forces of Marshal Rokossovsky and Gens. Chernyakhovsky and Bagramyan is indicative of
the gravity with which the German,,,, high commanders view
their position?
The possibility that the Russian forces
may have achieved a complete breakthrough was contained in a German Overseas
News Agency admission
that hard fighting was going on
east of Olita, :which lies south of Kaunas, on
the Memel River, only 52 miles
from the East Prussian border.
Big Retreat
Hinted
At the same time the German
military spokesman, one of the most reserved of military spokesmen anywhere in
the world, practically admitted a big German retreat was impending.
Chinese Units
Link in Burma
CHUNGKING, July 12—
The Allied campaign to drive the
Japanese out of northern Burma and complete a land supply route to China
reached another milestone yesterday when the Chinese
22nd and 38th Divisions effected
a juncture seven miles west of Mogaung.
The junction cleared the enemy
from the area between Kamaing to Mogaung
and stretched the Allied control
of the Ledo Road, which leads into China, to
around 300 miles. Meantime, the
Chinese High Command repeated charges that the Japs were using poison gas in
the Hengyang area. The Chinese also said that Jap forces striking northward
west of the Canton-Hankow railway had reached a point 12 miles from Yingiak, 70
miles north of Canton. Tokyo Radio claimed the Jap air force bombed U.S.
airfields in China, destroying 11 planes and damaging at least 95 others.
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