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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 224, 19 September 1944, Page 5

The airborne landing, described in this mornbig’s cables as the most'important of the war, and likely to be the means of shortening it and over coming the need for a long winter c ampaign, has placed Allied troops into Holland in the regions of Tilbury and Eindhoven, north of Antwerp. These forces leaped over the British 2nd Anny, w’hich, having crossed firs, the Albert Canal, extending from An twerp to Maostricht and now the Escaut Canal, further on, are fight, ng the Battle of Holland. This move ment is described as “Monty’s Left Hook, which is designed to endanger the Siegfried Line from the Dutch border. Meanwhile, that line has been pierced at four points—two near Aachen (one to the north-east of that town and the other south-east) and two in the region of Trier. The towns involved in these penetration s, with the exception of Aachen and Inor, are not shown on this map—S tolberg, east of Aachen, Kanschau, sc uth of Stolberg, Wallendorf, 18 miles north-west of Trier and Echternach, midway between Wallendork and Trier. In the region of Nancv and Metz the Americans are advancing north-w est of Nancy, to outflank Metz Still further south the Americans are threatening Bidfort, near the gap of t hat name. The dispositions of the ar mies, so far as the news has disclosed to date, is: From west to east and fr om north to south: Ist Canadian, wi h Poles attached (Channel Ports and Flanders, 2nd British on border between Belgium and Holland, Ist Allied Airborne, within borders of Holland, Ist American, from Maastricht to Trier, 3rd American, from Metz to Ep nal, 7th American (with French attached), from Dijon (too far south to be shown here) and Belfort, and along the Swiss border, with elements also along the Italian border.