BOOTY AND PRISONERS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 43, 30 November 1944, Page 6

BOOTY AND PRISONERS.

BELFORT-MULHOUSE AREA. SUCCESSES BY THE AMERICANS. (Rec. 1.5 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 29. The Paris radio reports that a large quantity of booty and many prisoneis were taken in the Belfort-Mulhouse sector, where the Germans were Dapped in a pocket. French troops closed on a second pocket near the Whmerhone canal, 15 miles south-east ot Bel fort. , „ .... ~ Advances of upward ot U miles were made on the United States. Ist Army front to-day, with the Americans entering Merocie, less than three miles west of Duren, says Reuter’s correspondent with the Americans. Langerwelie Jungersdord has been completely cleared. . General Simpson’s forces in the southern sector of the 9th Army front have reached the Roer River on a front of 51 miles and are solidly established on high ground. The recent fighting on the Ist Army front is described as the hardest of the war. The battle went on ail day at Grosshau, where the Germans have been ordered to “fight until you are killed or captured.” The Germans opened the floodgates of the dams along the Roer River, flooding the valley north of Geilenkirchen to a width of nearly one mile, before a dawn attack by American infantry, says the Associated Press correspondent at Immendorf. The infantry, hoping to surprise the Germans, attached with flame-throwers and progressed according to schedule, but the Germans before noon threw in a heavy counter-attack. There is nothing to report from the Britsih 2nd Army front. The Germans blew up a bridge over the Roer River at Julich, reports the Associated correspondent at Immendorf. Forces of the 9th Army are firmly established along the river north and south of the town. Planes and artillery on the 9tli Army front destroyed 15 German tanks in the last 24 hours,