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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1944
Page
2
The Siegfried Line battle reports heavy shellfire as American forces captured a 400 foot hill and overtook German bunkers. Prisoners claim they lacked fuel and gas, while crews abandoned tanks and mobile guns were uprooted by heavier American tanks.
War correspondent reports American infantry and tanks with Long Tom guns and engineers breaching the second belt of the Siegfried Line beyond the West Wall. Prisoners include Poles and Russians. accounts describe heavy German fortifications, ripped through with explosives and heavy artillery as U.S. forces push toward the Rhine.
Prisoners recount Himmlers orders to shoot deserters as Allied artillery pounded Trier. German troops, including noncombattants, were rushed into Siegfried Line while villagers reacted with mixed emotion. Soldiers described explosive assaults on pillboxes, grim losses, and a pair of young girls stepping from a hidden pillbox.
Inside Germany near the Siegfried Line, thousands of Germans fall back as American forces drive 10 miles through the West Wall above Trier. Civilians suffer in burning villages, and Allied troops seize symbols of Nazism while reporting grim morale. American soldiers warn of harsher fighting and vow to destroy Hitler’s regime.
Readable fragments show the Hermann Sons organizing a pre carnival in San Antonio with events scheduled at Hermann Sons Garden on 623 South Marys Street. Details mention dances on September 30 and October 4 and an admission to grounds, with names and committee roles obscured by garbled OCR.
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