GERMAN ADVANCED BASE
SAARBRUCKEN HARD HIT SUPPLIES SERIOUSLY CURTAILED (Rec. noon.) RUGBY, October 6. Over 350,000 incendiaries, as well as many high-explosive bombs, including 4,000-pounders, were dropped in Thursday night's R.A.F. raid on Saarbrucken. The attack, which caused great destruction was an operation of considerable significance. Saarbrucken, between 40 and 50 miles behind the line on which the American army is fighting, is of critical importance to the German army as an advanced base. It is a focal point where main lines from almost every part of Germany meet. The town is packed with supplies and stores, and the heavy air attack should
therefore seriously interrupt the flow of supplies to the front. A reconnaissance pilot oyer Saarbrucken an hour after the attack said that the whole town seemed to be a mass of flames. It is officially stated that the raid should seriously interrupt the flow of enemy supplies to the 'front. '
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Evening Star, Issue 25300, 7 October 1944, Page 7
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