Supreme HQ Allied Expeditionary Force (October 7, 1944)
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Communiqué No. 182
Allied troops have crossed the Saint-Lenaarts Canal in spite of heavy mortar and machine-gun fire. North of Antwerp, our troops continued to advance into Holland. Progress has also been made north of Poppel and Hilvarenbeek.
Northwest of Nijmegen, there has been heavy local fighting between the Lower Rhine and the Waal.
Our forces in the Ubach area, north of Aachen, have gained ground to the north and northwest reaching a point a half mile north of Beggendorf. We have also advanced one and a half miles along the road running southeast from Ubach. A counterattack in strength by enemy infantry and tanks was repulsed during the morning near Herbach, with no material change in the line. Out of nearly 50 enemy planes over the Ubach area, an estimated 25 were destroyed by our anti-aircraft artillery.
Our troops within Fort Driant continue to meet stubborn resistance, and have been subjected to heavy artillery fire. Near Sivry, north of Nancy, the enemy regained some ground in a counterattack. To the east of Nancy, sporadic artillery fire has been directed against our forces.
Allied troops have advanced more than half way through the Forêt de Parroy, east of Lunéville, against stubborn resistance. A counterattack by enemy infantry with some armored support was repulsed in the southeastern part of the Forest. Anglemont, southwest of Baccarat, has been freed after bitter fighting.
Southeast of Épinal, in the vicinity of Cleurie, the enemy has been driven from a heavily fortified stone quarry which was delaying our advance. Elsewhere resistance to our progress is stiff.
In the Vosges foothills, our troops are now on three sides of the town of Le Thillot.
West of Belfort, further progress has been made through wooded terrain.
A fuel dump at Amersfoort, railway targets at Hengelo and Düren, an airfield and barracks at Düren, and communications at Arnhem were attacked by medium and light bombers yesterday. Fighters and fighter-bombers also attacked locomotives, barges and motor transport in Holland and western Germany. After dark, light bombers attacked railway yards at Amersfoort and trains and barges in northern Holland and western Germany.
Very strong forces of escorted heavy bombers in daylight yesterday attacked oil plants at Scholven-Buer, Sterkrade and Harburg; an aircraft engine plant and an ordnance depot and an aircraft engine plant in Berlin; airfields at Stargard and Wenzendorf and a fighter assembly plant at Neubrandenburg. In the course of these operations, 20 enemy aircraft were shot down. Thirty-six seaplanes were destroyed at Baltic stations and three enemy aircraft were destroyed on the ground by fighters which had provided a part of the escort. Twenty-eight bombers and ten fighters are missing.
Last night, heavy bombers in great strength attacked Dortmund and Bremen. Berlin was also bombed.
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PRD, Communique Section
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D. R. JORDAN, Lt Col FA Ext. 9
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