SUPREME EFFORT

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 56, 4 September 1944, Page 2

SUPREME EFFORT

CALL BY EISENHOWER

BELGIAN AND DUTCH PEOPLE |Rec. 11.30 a<m. RUGBY, Sept. 3. ' ,The following message, dated September 3, was broadcast at the order lof General Eisenhower to the people of Belgium.- , "Belgians—the hour for which you have been waiting so long has struck. Your qualities of courage and discipline which have shown such magniificent results since- the landings in Normandy first began are now called upon for one last supreme effort. "Now that the Allies' forces are on your soiL your full assistance and obedience to the orders of the Supreme Commander are essential for the quick and complete liberation'of Belgium. Therefore, I am making the.'following statement to the Belgian Forces of Resistance: -...'. ("Firstly, conduct your operations against the enemy according to the rules of war. In the event of any atrocities committed against you by the German forces, collect- all available evidence, especially the names j and units of the perpetrators, so that 'those who are guilty can be brought Ito justice by the forces of the Allies;' , "Secondly, follow precisely the I orders you have received from your I leaders. Do not indulge in any unor--1 ganised outbursts of violence. Avoid [as far as possible action against 1 superior enemy formations; 1 "Thirdly, your orders are now to ! protect and not sabotage factories, , mines, and other industrial installa- ! tions. Safeguard these, especially 1 stores of petrol, oil, and lubricants, , against destruction by the enemy. All those facilities will soon be needed by the Belgians and the Allies. ■ "Fourthly, as-soon as you make contact with Allied troops, render them every assistance and obey precisely the orders of the Allied military • commanders; "Fifthly, those of you who find yourselves within the area liberated by the Allies can best assist them by maintaining complete discipline and remaining quiet \mtil you receive orders from your leaders as to the action required of you." General Eisenhower; appealed to the' Belgian railwaymen and other transport workers ■to assist in delaying enemy movements, and to the population of unliberated , areas he asked them not to attempt any mass rising but to give all the help they could to their own forces of resistance. If all played their part, he concluded, the liberation of Belgium would be quickly achieved. "Long live Belgium," he concluded. In a message to Holland, .General Eisenhower mentioned that Allied forces were fighting on Belgian soil, and he appealed to the people of Holland to continue by all covert means to disrupt the enemy transportation systems and to dislocate the enemy quisling administration and also to give help to the members of the resistance movement. The hour of liberation for which Holland had so long waited was very near.—B.O.W.