Hide Article Text (OCR)
NinthPushes to Rhinesitton f orcesnr% •I riei(Continued jron Page I)fringe ot the Ruhr. Already men ot the 83rd and tanks ot the Second Armd. Div. were lighting in Neuss, a suburb ot Dusseldort.a mile and a half west of the river.As the khaki flood engulfed townafter town—and ft one pointthreatened to strand a large number of Glt; rman troojis caught by a sudden surge northward by theInf. Div.—the Germans fran-3;thtically wire withdrawing as manyguns and supplies as they could tothe comparative safety beyond theRhine.The102nd Inf. Div this afternoon cleared Kretelo, an industrial city from which several major railways and highways link tne western side of the Rhine with the Ruhrshowed thatAirreconnaissancitheRhine frombridges across Cologne, 25 miles he ow Dusseldorf, to Krefeld. ten miles to its north,with Germanwere jammedvehicles, bumper to bumper.Bridges ShelledSome of the Rhine bridges already were under bombardmentfrom artillery and aircraft. Fightcr-bombers of the Nin.h TAC scoredon the Hohenzcllerp Bridge atCologne, and recon pilots reportedUv* bridge from Deutz to Colognepresumably bya ostroyea,.re, before RAF planes raided thearea * odav.Weather was clear over most of the front today, and there was heavy air supportNearly all the vehicles crossing Rhine bridges appeared to bear supplies and therewasno signthat the enemy was attempting to extricate h s troops from the threatened area Instead,,the Germans possibly wen* throwing all available manpower into rearguard actions to put off as long as possible the da/ when the American Army would stand secure on the west bank of the Rhine, withineasy artillery range of the vitalwar plants of the Ruhr.While the Ninth's offensivegained momentum everywhere inthe north, the First Army troops pushed lorwurd tow ird Cologne in the ^outh from their Erft River bridgehead, now consolidated to a length of nine miles and a breadth, ats deepest point, of nearly twomiles. Here the stiff resistanceof the If st few days continued, for this is he enemy’s main line ofis me enemy s rrdefense before Cologne.In the Erft River bridgehead,First Aimy infantry supported bytanki today pushed ahead 3,OOP yards to reach Niederaussen. nearlythree rules beyond the river. Thatwas the deepest penetration beyondthe Erft, where the going has been particui «rh tough because of theterrainThe Germans' defensive eapubil-Eisenhawor FscotwsInjury on Frontoff rWITH THE SUPREME COMMANDER. March 2.—Gen.senhower today toured the frontand at one point reached withinfive miles of Dusseldorf on theRhine. He narrowly escaped injury when the airstrip fromwhich he and his British military assist anfItCol. James?Gault, left for their head?quarters. wa. shelled second#later. At Julich, as ne lookeddown from the fortified citadelat the panorama of destructionfor miles around, he quietlysaid to Lt. Gen. WilliamSimpson, commander of the NinthArm ^% *Julich will be something forthe Germans to think about inthe future*»ities between the Erft and Cologne are great because: (1) Beyond; the Erft River and the Erft Canal, attacking infay try still must cross numerous small streams; lt;2 thearea is thickly populated and builtup; (3) in front of Cologne numerous lignite mine pits, excellent for defensive fighting. I The entire area can be strongly defended with a minimum number of troops.Tiie NinthArmy, which Is inField Marshal Sir Bernard / Montgomery’s at noonlifted21st Army Group,; yesterday the blackout QHHHwnnh had veiled Usmovements for two and ,:a half da vs. iundersentAt 0700 today the enemy ta.iks into a counter-attack- against the 83d Div., but the out borne ofthe effort was not disclosed The tanks had crossed the Erft Riverfrom the south around Kapel»milesOver on the western side of the plain, the 35th Div. spurted suddenlynorthward, cutting behind and inaorne places through the;’ Siegfried Line defenses north of the original Roer River iridgeheui. jcomparatively hort(,erman DefeomiiuiNI1091191.in ItWITH HHST ARMY in the captured town of Wullenratllieutenant, a German nun and a FiThey were a German husband a frnni the rafters in the living room the dead bodv of the family dog.A suicide note re id: The sliaimuch to 'bear**
Newspaper Details
Southern France Stars and Stripes
Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur, FR
Sat, Mar 03, 1945
Page 8
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 05 Sep 2022
Other Publications Near Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur
Nice Stars and Stripes Marseilles
Nice Stars and Stripes Mediterranean
Southern France Stars and Stripes
Nice France Stars and Stripes
