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AMERICANS KNIFE ACROSS BRITTANY

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Aiming For Nanfes

Tanks Lunging Ahead In Brittany, Leaving Infantry To Mop Up Rennes Remnants

LONDON, Aug. 4-- Powerful American tank columns, rolling south from captured Rennes against feeble German resistance#

pushed to within m a continuation

60 miles of the of their drive

important city of which threatened

tNoanctuets oftfodtahye

entire Brittany Peninsula.

Leaving behind infantry Rennes, armored spearheads

to mop smashed

capture of wliigh would Isolate natvhael

up German remnants in forward toward Nantes^

pbeansienssuloaf Bwrietsht, ItDsorglreenatt

1,000 Sock Reich;

and St. Nazalre. The number of Gerhian

troops still in Brittany is not

Spearheads of American forces are streaking southward toward the French city of Nantes after liberating Rennes, ancient capital of Brittany. Lt. Gen. Omar K. Bradley yesterday re-

ported that the chief barrier to the Americans now were the collections of destroyed enemy vehicles alonj^ the roads.

Only

Seven

Lost ckonrorwens,pobnudtentreposrutgsgesftromthaat Renuetietrh'esr the numbers nor quality can bo high. Those which hold the Caen region cure still resisting stubbornly. Nevertheless, Allied troops are

timLeONlDaONse,veraAlugw.eek4s-- Faorlartghee ffoirrcset pwreeesksinhgaveon.goanned fatrhetior laiqtutidaa^te tthhies of Allied heavy bombers rained de- German battle army of France.

struction on German stallalions when 1,000

ers of the 8th Air

military Inheavy bombForce today

diAeluo-nPgercay-wTiedsesy frsoanltienItn tthhee AVlillliee-s are reported to be moving forward

against only reargucurd resistance.

sbtrruucckken,maMruslhahloluisneg aynadrdsStraatsboSuaragr,- The maitannce nwoweisgehetmsof tCoSerhmaovne rebseiesn-

FaarnnadnocUea.ddsittoiroangael dmuimlpitaarty Mtearrkgweitlsleirn

switched to the VUlers BocageAunay sector. The Germans have

brreoiuogThotroe- mienntcsonstiodetrhaibsleareaarmofrreodm

LufOtpwpaofsfietiownas fprroacmtictalhley nvialu,ntaendd so was the anti-aircraft fire over

hAsueonauavtyyh.

of Coen, fighting Is

and particularly in progress near

Nazis Hurl Soulhern

All In Prussia; Florence Reached

the targepotrtesd.one 'oTfheth8eth smAairlleFsotrcelossreesIn tlie tachksi--jsustt osreyvenof bolmarbgrees scaanled asti-x

mfiegahntesrs twheereAllliiesstedloasst mliessssintgh.emThi0.s7

percent oanU ttohlids.

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The Germans throughout the day put in sporadic counterattacks along dtiahnefronwt,hoslleowiBnrgitidshownandthCeanaad--

evevra,nctehoef ttwhien SAemceonrdicaAnrmyt.hrusHtow-to

Dinan cut off and captured the important port of SL Malo. The

American forces are reported to be

Aerial Battles Raging As Border Defense Grows Desperate

LONDON. Aug. 4-- A great battle was reported raging on the East Prussian frontier today as the bat-

tered Germans threw in all available reserves of tanks and infantry and called upon the Luftwaffe in a Rdeusspseiraanteadavtatnecmept itnot*oslGoewrmdaonwn sotihle.

greAat Raeiurtebart'tslescowrerreespbornidnegntfousgahitd in the skies above East Prussia as the Lufltawyeadfafpepearpanucte ainnd a tlhoantg-dteh-e fighting along the border had reached a new peak of ferocity.

Another threat to East Prussia developed, however, as Genera! Ivan Chernyakovsky, striking the Germans a surprise blow north of Kaunas in Lithuania, sent a large mobile column racing toward the important Shavll-Tilsit highway. This latest thrust placed the Rus-

sians 50 miles of the East Pnny;lan

Foe Ruthlessly Blows Hitler Dismisses Four

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High Ranking Officers

NeLwOsNDAOgNe.ncy Aucg.mno4u--n'cTehde Gteornmigahnt that one field marshal and four generals have been expelled from the German army.

The announcement said the Army had requested Adolf Hit-

ler to cmaentrs ratyoddosut whiitsh ptuhrege Geofrmealenleader and that a court of honor,

Bridges Over Arno; 5th Sector Quiet

Fonorcteargrobepeetbtsy ^wtlehneen

German UJ.unea

6SotacrncadutpeigJeiudlcy

EAu3i0-r.

During natduetsdhtrwiyitsahndttahrteatnasclikaXn)droitnnagtlGoeonpr,emraacntoioorndIsin,--

ADVANCE ALLIED H E A DQUARTERS, Aug. 4 -- Sweeping through the last German defense

more than 27,000 sorties were flown by bombing planes. In the week bJuolmyber1s6-23soratileosne anmdore5.00t0hafnigh8t,e0r0s0

line, 8th Army troops of a South African division gained the south-

owferetargfeltosw.n

against

a

wide

variety

ACC Chief Nominated ern part of Florence, historic art

center of Europe, a special com-

empowered to Inquire into the at-

munique announced this evening.

titude of German military leaders, had fired the marshal and qfiuresutrteotffiocfialgenacetr.al officers as its Names of the dismissed officers wneoruenceommeinttt.ed In the agency an-

New Finn Regime

Temporary Brigadier Recon patrols rushing forward

to gain contact with the enemy

found five out of the six bridges

over the Amo River within the city of Florence already destroyed. The sixth, the Ponte Vecchlo, was found

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- CoL WilliamnomiOc 'seDctwioyncorf, thcehieAfllioefd tChoentercool-

Intact isbheud otn eihtohuesressidhead tobeceanusedemroola-d blocks to the approaches.

The wanton destruction of the

fine architectiUTd bridges was cited as another example of. Field Mar-

Conunission, was nominated for tempoerralabry yPresriadneknt asRoborsiegvaedliter togdeany-, his promotion going to the Senate

for approval. CoL O'Dwyer, Brook-

13m, N. Y., Is district attorney of

Seeking Way Out

sha(lCKoesnstelirninuge'sd orodnerpatgoe hi8s) troops Ktoingt'hse ACroumnyt.y, on leave of absence

fanned out like fingers on an exerotuesndreodadhsands,omorvaipnigdlydotwhnat nfuromn-t

lines no longer exist- and advanced lines are where you can find them

"ifInyouRemmoivees fatsltiisenomuogrhn."ing 1,000 Germacners msaorlcdhiedersin lefdorbmyatitohenir doofwfinUm main road from the city with-

out arms to surrender. Because the Americpaortsntossparheadtheno Natzrioso,pstheoirr twrhaintseHags flyceiendegd unheiscgorht,ed tooblitghienglnyearpersotAllied POW camp. Many other gtrwoeuepns o1f00Gearnmdan4s0--0 --nuamlbsoerienrge bree** ported to have surrendered near Rennes. soSnecfroeltdaryrepoofrtWearrs HIennrWyasLh.inSgttlomnyesterday that tlie rapid advance In France in the past nine days is m"ethnet msoisntce stathiesfysiuncgcescsufruclompAllilsihe-d

lanAdingcsomomnunthiequFerencfhrobmeachGese.n*e*ral

Dwightetrs esDt.imatEels stehnahtowGere'rsmanheacdaqsuuaarl-* lies since D-day have been aethrpeapLrofxihgiihmmstaeitlnefgl,yfprao1in9td0,y0ae0ns0ot.tehredTrahye.visGitent-4

cities of Tilsit and Insterburg and

only 90 miles from the capital city of Koenigsberg.

These developments coincided

BaLrOonNDOCNar.ol Auvgo.n 4M--anFineelrdheMiamr,shailn

with a Moscow announcement that his first official act when he as-

Army

Ends Philly Transport Tieup

the Russians had established a

sumes presidency of Finland, will

bridgehead 20 miles wide and 15 miles deep across the Vistula Ri-

ver, southwest of the Polish city of Sandomierz. 115 miles south of Warsaw. This latest drive, the Ger-

mans admitted, had outflanked Warsaw and brought the Russian armies within 70 miles of Cracow and only 120 miles from Silesia,

hteera.rt of Germany's industrial cenMeanwhile. Marshal Konslantii.

Rthoekmosseslovvesskyf'isrmlayrmaicreosss ctnhtercBnicahlcyastok railway, northeast of Warsaw, and pressed against the eastern outskirts of the Polish capital. In-

side the city, Polish patriots were reported to have Joined the baltTc against the German defenders, in the northern, western and soulhern sections. One report said the Pa-

triots had gained control of Saxon

GaTrodenasd,d tthoe tchiitsy'bslalcakrgepsitctduirsetricfto.r (Continued on page 8)

praepcutdiawtieththeGerRymtainyGovperronhmibeintti'nsg Finland from making a separate peace, BBC reported today.

Such an act, observers said, would clear the way for Immediate Fmnwihischh-,Rusascocordlyi:nga c teo lnaetgeotiraetjix>orntss from Stockholm, have not yet be-

gunA. Rehoulmtesarid'tshedifsopramtacthionfroomf SatoncekwFinnish cabinet had not yet been completed and lilnted at possible surprises in the choice of a new pErdweamrider Litnokomsluecsc.eed pro-German

Neutral sources admitted surprise tliat the Germans had taken

no counter measures to forestall Finnish peace talks with Russia, although it was becoming increas-

ingly clear that the chances of a successful Natzl coup are diminish-

ing hourly.

Stars and .Stripes U. S. Bureau

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4-- The Atrramnysposretiazteidon Phsiylsatdeemlphioan'sauetnhtoirr-e

ization of President Roosevelt tothat dacy utoretnadiledn ptrhordeuec-tdiaoyn wIanlkotuhte nation'sducinsgececnteor.nd lor^t war pro-

Maj. Gemannda.nt of tlPileii3lridp SHearyveisc,e CCoomm-mand, was designated by the War

bDuespeasr,tmseunbtway*s*to csmede etlheavtatetdrollleiynse,s resume normal operations at their regular starting time beginning to-

General Hayes said he was count-

tlielringdonu6t,y000to Idtlheeirempcloouynetersy "btyo rdeoAmromrryow.o*f'fpiorctinegrfosr woirnk.'t'he Astirdaen^rftrao-m btlaomns caonmdpansyta'tsionsm,ainno otfrfoiocpes, hcaadr euTlved in the city tonight.

In Washington, Secretary of War

Henry L. Stimson who announced the Army was taking over, said "tliose who have created this stop-^ page in Phllcuielphia have a great

'T am sure," he stated, "that as rleosypaolnsiAbmielirtiyc.'a'ns they will Immediwheel aatneldy putrtehteuirrn sthoowuolrdke.rsIntaoblltih^e of Pliiladelphia workers to get to their Jobs is cutting off the flow of essential war materiel for the Army and Navy at a time when our troops ne^ the maximum support to dii\'e h?? cmialulsieodn daollbaurssindeasisly.decline of one

Ra^itlrroaadtraainnsd onRetahdeinPgennCsoymlvpaanni:a lines could carry only a fraction o: the 1,500.000 persons who daily rice the PTC trolleys, buses and suoway trains, while an oil industry spokesman said that motorists granted extra gasoline in the emertanks. gency were draining the region's

Late appeals to the strikers were mwahdoe sabiyd MtaheyorworBkernsatrodppaSgaemuweaLs

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THE STARS AND, STRIPES WEEKLY .

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Saturday, Au^rust 5, 1944

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General scene during construction of huge high-water wooden bridge which 5th Army engineers completed in 14 days. LEFT -- Capt. A. G. McKain, Jasper, Texas, examines the con-

crete piers and offers a comparison for the bridge's size. (APS Photos by Berman)

SuKpnpilty HuLginee S'pSaenamsItnre1s4seDs'ays

GlRaFciere WiFitghhteFrl'asme^LifSehell

By Sgt. BOB FLEISHER

Stajlf Correspondent

WITH THE 5TH ARMY-- Maybe blind with nothing but a prayer and

Jaunfiiorremawnoulidfn'het kbneewso theeagetroilstoanbde troubles ot an army fire brigade overseas. One particular platoon has been eating smoke and dodging shrapnel all the way from Tunisia to Leghorn and any one who thinks

aas hfoasre.as Smoinefasr awree'vceoncbeerenned,lucbkuyt sgeevterala* tilmeegs wbel'ovewn seeonffa wcaivlikliinagn through a field we had just left"

tlhoeoyk'raet "trheeairr elicshteloofn"eignhetedPuropnlley Hearts, two Bronze Stars and a Soldier's Medal. theThe5th fiArre-mfyightjionignedplattheoonmsenwitaht Anzio and for them the beachhead

was "hot" in more ways than one. "Our platoon alone fought 297

fLitresWaolntertheMcFbaeadcdhehne,ad.A"storreicaa,lleNd.

y. ''Heavy German shelling and bombing siatigoansisntsartted ocuornfbleaagcrhahteiaodns poa-s

BStyaffSgCto.rrAesLponKdOenHtN WITH THE 5TH A R M Y --

Infantirmen don't think much about uabllryiwdayguesp, abheecaaduseof thtehye'mr,e buustcomes November andl the Italian

rainy season, front-line GIs will be glad sttruchtedaovter onteheriveenrgintheeersloncgoens-t bridge ever built by one company.

Traffic moving north on Highway 1 odinnacrey bypdases tnoeuirtehder ovbeerttearn noorr-

worse than a hundred others like it, and passengers were not likely to remember the trickling river as they crossed. But when the rains start, and later when the mountain snows melt, the river becomes a wr'ohaircihng wo2u6l-dfoostw-eheipgh awwaalyl oafnytwhaitnegr in itssage opf raatthionasndandpresvuepnptliestheto patsh-e men who are fighting the war.

Allowed only 14 days by 5th Army headuarters, this Company C of a famous engineer regiment worked from 0430 to 2230 hours

into which the pieces of the bild^ fell. woDordievningbripdiglees prfeorsenttheed hsiogmhe-twhaitnegr

aof piale pdrroibvlerem insiIntcaely twhheirceh wacsonul'dt reach high enough. So Lt. Carroll E. Talbutt, Augusta. Me., designed a tw'o-story Bailey Bridge on which the pile driver operated under the aFdirratencrctai*dseoc.no.unoifonT-Sv^o.luntCeherristfiranom KiSrakn,

Every man .working on the bridge was an experienced engineer who was picked from a replacement center or who volunteered for this regimesnotn., Maln.issttiSquget, MWiiclhf.r,ed exEp.laJionhend-. No headquarters topkick, Sgt John-

Five Hours Required To Rescue Three Yanks

WITH 'THE 5TH ARMY-- Some idea of the labors performed by front-line litter-bearers can be ob-

son spends most of his time on the

bridgeers jeosb,Pfgci.vinFgratnipks toR.suchRomweorrok,Truchas, N. M.; Pfc. Woodrow W. Jeffers, Branchland, W. Va., and T-5 Harold Ruth, Lucasville, Ohio.

The piles, stout timbers cut In southern Italy, cure tipped with steel and are driven one -half inch through solid rock with every blow of thaeted by1Pf,c9.00J-opsoeupnhd Eh.aLm.moeydr, HoepbeerrMCaitxyw,ellU,tahW.. TVa-.5, hEaunggesneon Datornetrh,e rigging and Sgt. Kirk says he is as

goAod braidmgeonkofeythioss lheen'gsthevmeardeseeno.f

concreqtuiere fiveimnontthhes sttoatebusildw,'oauclcdorrde--

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