ARTILLERY TEAM-WORK

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 74, 25 September 1944, Page 5

ARTILLERY TEAM-WORK

ENEMY ATTACK SQUELCHED Rec. 11.30 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 24. American armour, artillery, and planes today successfully squelched a German counter-attack north-east of Chateau Salins, says the British United Press correspondent with the American Third Army. • The attack began at 5.30 a.m., and it was completely beaten oft by 10.30 a.m., due to the teamwork of the American big guns. The enemy used considerably fewer tanks than in previous engagements, and these were unable to penetrate our defences. Our planes heavily hit German transport behind the Moselle and cut many railways covering an area of 50 square miles.

Renter's correspondent with the Third Army says that 15 German ambulances filled with wounded drove into the American lines east of Nancy and gave themselves up. This and several similar incidents indicate that the enemy may be trying to send their wounded to American evacuation hospitals when possible, owing perhaps to lack of medical supplies in some German sectors.

Joining in a large-scale battle between American and enemy armour near. Nancy this morning, Ninth Air Force Thunderbolts helped to fight the Germans to a standstill, says the Exchange Telegraph agency's correspondent at Ninth Air Force headquarters. At least 100 German tanks and armoured vehicles were operating on the road and fields when Thunderbolts attacked from tree-top level. Thti enemy was forced to take cover in nearby woods, which the Thunderbolts bombed and strafed until their ammunition ran out. One German tank which was left behind to cover the withdrawal was blown up. No estimate of the total number of enemy tanks knocked out so far has been made, but pilots believe that many were hit.