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Madman1 LeaderHolds Out at St. MaloIr(Continued from Page One)Von Aulock would give in or whether his guns would openwith a new bombardmenton information the chaplain could jb give him of the American lines. i VCaptured with the chaplain was.rlt; a pretty blond German girl. saidjf( to be Von Aulock’s mistress. She was attending some 100 wounded Germans in a shelter when taken ! pwas wearing a Red Cross! erTapped Telephone Line| Typical of the various measuresto induce the citadel garrison to surrender was when American officers found a German telephone line in the cellar of a house, They tapped it and succeeded in talking to the Nazis inside theI citadel.The Americans tried to persuadethem the fight was useless and whoever was on the other end of the line agreed but Von Aulock refused to come to the telephone I saw one group of about prisoners trudging along the street, typical of the remnant force with Von Aulock. They were all types and sizes—soldiers, sailors and marines, young and old. They presented a queer spectacle in their varied uniforms, marching ■f in step, the only vestige ofdiscipline left.rTown is a Hot PlaceIt was believed the men withVon Aulock would surrender ifhe would let them.St. Malo. and that includes the adjoining town of St. Servaiu. was like other towns “captured by Americans in their lightningdrive into BrittanyBut with Gormans still tightmg in tIk* streets and strongapoints like the citadel, resisting, itwas hard to conceive the place was “captured.This was a hot place today with s lauding with monotonous regularity and small arms firewhistling in the streets Variousquarters may call it “ruptured but they would have a haid I moconvincing the douuhbows aiu*airmen waiting to assault ilie cit.i del and blast out the colonel
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Harrisburg Daily Register
Harrisburg, Illinois, US
Fri, Aug 11, 1944
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Antoine N.
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