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FRANCE; ONE OF THE n:OST DECISIVE BATTLES I N THE WEST I S DEVELOPING ALONG THE ALBERT C A N A L

IN BELGIUM. THE BRITISH SECOND A M Y HAS ENLARGED 30TH OF ITS. BRIDGEHEADS OVER THE C A N A L BUT GERMAN RESISTANCE I S GROWING M INTENSITY. THE N A Z I S H A V E BROUGHT UP PARATROOPERS, S S MEN A N D I N F A N T R Y M E N , TANKS AND SELF-PROPELLED GUNS I N AN EFPORT T O CONTAIN THE BRITISH FORCES A T THE BRIDGEHEADS. THE NAZIS 'AND BRITISH BOTH REALIZE THAT THE SEIGFRIED LINE SEVERAL M I L E S F R O U WHERE THE F IGHTING I S GOING ON, I S NOT AS STRONG AS I T I S I N OTHER PLACES.. IF THE BRITISH BREAK THROUGH I N THIS SECTOR, THEY CAN O U T F L A N K THE WHOLE L I N E . THE ENGLISH ARE idOVlNG UP.VAST QUANTITIES OF S U P P L I E S TO T H E I R TWO BRIDGEHEADS AND THE RAF I S CONSTANTLY PROVIDING A STRONG A I R COVER. I N THE PnST WEEK, THE SECOND ARMY HAS T A K E N OVER 25*000 PRISONERS.

A M E R I C A N FIRST ARMY TROOPS HAVE PUSHED S I LIEGE AND A R E IN LlaaBOURG, L A T E REPORTS SAY T H A T T H E Y A N K S HAVE PUSHED ON PAST LLaBOUhG AND *kiu „ I T H I N 8 wILES Of T H E GERMAN CITY OF AACHEN. O T H E R UNITS OF T H E FIRST A D V A N C I N G / THROUGH T H E A R D U N N E , H I L L S H A V E T A K E N S T H U B E R T , T H E . F I R S T I S N O W T H R E A T E N I N G TO O U T F L A N K T H E BU>GLNOT L I M E .

GENERAL P H T T O N ' S TROOPS SUPPORTED BY BOMBERS H « V £ SUCCEEDED IN CLEARING A P A R T OF T H E EASTERN BANK OF T H E MOSELLE RIVER. T H E GERMANS ARE T H R O W I N G IN E V E R Y T H I N G T H A T THEY POSSIBLY CAN I N m EFFORT TO PREVENT AN A F R I C A N ' BREAKTHROUGH TO THE SEIGFRIED L I N E . THE) N A Z I S ARE CLINGING TO EVERY POSITION BUT Y*NK HEAVY GUNS ARE B L A S T I N G E V E R Y POSSIBLE GERMAN TARGET.

G A N A D I A N FORCES M O V I N G UP THE COASTLINE H :tVE SWEPT THROUGH P R A C T I C A L L Y A L L O F F L ­ANDERS AND YESTERDAY WERE REPORTED TO BE ENGWGEDIN a FIERCE EIGHT FOR THE TOWN OF ERUGES. SPITFIRES «ND TYPHOONS A B B MOWING' DOWN THE N A Z I S WHO r.RE TRYING TO ESC , P E BY MEANS' OF THE SCHELDE E S T U A R Y . YESTERDAY, UNITED KINGDOM H N D C « N A D I A N FLYERS S A N K OR H I T 100 GERMAN BnRGES I N THE SCHELDE POCKET. L A S T NIGHT ABOUT DUSK, YnNK THUN­DER EOLTS AND MUSTANGS DIVE-BOMBED T A R G E T S I N H O L L A N D HND WESTERN GEhMjJY.- HOUSE TO

' HOUSE F I G H T I N G I S G O I N G ON I N B R E S T * I N E A S T E R N F R ^ N C E , F R E N C H TROOPS A R E W I T H I N 20 M I L E S O F B E L F O R T H N D O N L Y 40 M I L E S

FROM THE GERMAN BORDER. AMERICAN FORCES ADVANCING UP THE ROnD FROM BESANCON ARE ' 2 4 M I L E S PAST T H „ T CITY nND ONLY 25 M I L E S FROM BEI iORT. GERMAN RESISTnNCE I S S T I L L

STIFFENING AS THE n l L I E S C L O S E IN ON THE BELFORT GaP.

R U S S I A } SOVIET RUSSIA HAS ANNOUNCED THaT THE FOUR DAY WAR WITH B U L G A R I A I S OVER. THE REDS

H A D BEEN ADVANCING INTO BULGARIA A T THE R A T E OF 50 M I L E S A D r t Y DURING THESE FOUR DAYS AND THE SOVIETS HAD T A K E N THE B L A U K S E A PORT OF BOURGAS nND WERE DRIVING F OR THE BORDER OF TURKEY. BULGARIA'S DECISION TO STOP F IGHTING A L S O ENDS A 3 0 Y E K R T I E UP I N THE BhLKANS BETWEEN BULGARIA A N D GERMANY. THE SOVJET GOVERNMENT I S * L R E A D Y WORK­ING ON THE BULGARIAN ARMISTICE PROCEEDINGS.

THE HUNGARIAN RhDIO HAS A D M I T T E D THaT THE REDS ARE CLOSING, I N .ON THE U i G E CITY OF C L U J I N THE TRANSYLVANIA A I P S . THE RUSSIANS WERE L A S T REPORTED 4 0 M I L E S SOUTH OF THE C H I E F CITY OF T R A N S Y L V A N I A , ' B i WARSAW, T H E POLES F I G H T I N G I N THE C I T Y SaY T H A T T H E FIGHTING THERE " H A S R E A C H E D THE L I M I T OF HUMAN ENDURANCE."

M A R S H A L L T I T O ' S MEN ARE ONLY 5 MILES PROM THE BULGARIAN BORDER. Y U G O S L A V PILOTS H A V E BEEN OPERATING WITH THE BRITISH B A S E D I N ITALY* A S E C C N D *LL~YUGOSL r tV SQUAD­RON I S SOON TO B E F O R M E D .

ENGL ,iND; . . FOR THE THIRD DAY R U N N I N G , OVER 1100 H E A V Y A W J E K I C N BCb-BEhS HaVE B L A S T E D TARGETS I N

G E R M A N Y , T O D A Y THEIR T A R G E T S WR-RE A I R C R A F T P L A N T S . A N D T A N K FACTORIES I N SOUTHERN N A Z I L A N D . THUNDERBOLTS TODAY SHOT UP ,-IRFIELDS I N WESTERN GERMANY. L ^ S T NIGHT, RAF' H E A V I E S P A S T E D TARGETS I N THE D U I S B E R G AND BRUNSWICK .^REAS OF G E R M A N Y . ENGL«ND HnS I S S U E D M O T H E R WARNING TO THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT nBOUT.GERMAN CRIMES nG.vLNST POLISH C I V I L ! 'JJS I N WARSAW, I N A U G U S T , * L L THE M A I N U - B 0 A T B A S E S I N THE BAY OF BISCAY WERE NEUTRALIZED.

I T i l l Y : HEhVY FIGHTING I S S T I L L GOING ON I N ITALY A N D THE BRITISH EIGHTH ARMY I S FINDING

THE RIDGES AROUND R I M B I ARE TOUGHER THAN THE GOTHIC L I N E ,

P A C I F I C I ALLIED AMPHIBIOUS FORCES SUPPORTED BY N.-.VnL «ND a l k UNITS hhVE L.NDLD ON MOTHER

I S L A N D JUST OFF 8 1 ,K. AoE/i ICAN 'MITCHELLS HaVE AGON A T T A U K E D THE DOCKS I N THE CELEBES. HEAVY BOk BERS VISITED H / £ M A J & R A , THE 01 T-BOUSED ISLE I N THE M O L A J U A S BETWEEN NEW GUTNEn AND T H E P H I L L I P I N ES . A F R I C A N CRUISERS AND DESTROYERS H f tVE SHELLED THE ONCE POWERFUL J A P B A S E OF P U L A U . '

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