CLOSING ON METZ
AMERICAN THRUST NAZIS RUSH UP FORCES U.S. OFFENSIVE HINTED LONDON, Sept. 6. American Third Army motorised patrols are operating in the vicinity of Metz, says the Associated Press’ correspondent. Other Americans have reached a point four miles from the city after battering through stubborn enemy resistance. The Germans, taking advantage of the lull while our forces have regrouped and brought up supplies, rushed up reinforcements which the Third Army first encountered at Jouaville, eight miles south-west of Metz. Third Army troops there hit strong enemy positions with 88 m.m. guns, mortars and anti-tank guns. Another American column, speeding east towards the Moselle above and below Metz, is meeting equally strong resistance. The German News Agency states that German reconnaissance reports indicate that in the whole area between Longwy and Nancy the Americans are preparing for a major offensive.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21504, 8 September 1944, Page 4
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