Supreme HQ Allied Expeditionary Force (September 25, 1944)
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Communiqué No. 170
Fierce fighting continues in the Arnhem area where we have succeeded in passing some reinforcements to the north bank of the river under cover of darkness.
East of Nijmegen, Allied troops have entered German territory in the neighborhood of the Reichswald Forest.
The area north of Veghel, where enemy pressure was strong, has been cleared after the repulse of a counterattack from the village of Erp.
East of Eindhoven, our bridgehead over the Bois-le-Duc Canal was extended to the neighborhood of Deurne. Further west, we have pushed the retreating enemy from the Escaut Canal to the general line of the Antwerp-Turnhout Canal.
In the Geilenkirchen area, our troops met concentrated medium artillery fire, which was countered, and patrol activity continued in the sector. In the area of Roetgen, south of Aachen, one of our units reduced a German strongpoint, and slight gains were made against stubborn enemy resistance. A German counterattack was repulsed east of Aachen with heavy enemy losses.
In France, the Metz area, the enemy is still strongly entrenched on the west side of the Moselle River, and south of Metz, our troops are continuing to meet strong opposition.
Allied forces have cleared Leyr, eight miles northeast of Nancy, and are clearing the Forest of the Bois de Faulx and the Forêt de Champenoux, to the east of Nancy.
In the Meurthe Valley, our units have made further gains in the Forêt de Mondon, northwest of Baccarat.
Enemy fortified positions at Calais were attacked early yesterday evening by heavy bombers.
Support for the ground forces in Holland and eastern France was provided by fighters and fighter bombers, which attacked tanks and armored vehicles near Nancy and mortar positions and infantry in the Arnhem area.
Locomotives, railway trucks and motor transport in Holland were also attacked by fighters.
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PRD, Communique Section
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D. R. JORDAN, Lt Col FA Ext. 9
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