EXTENSION OF CORRIDOR

Waikato Times, Volume 195, Issue 22467, 30 September 1944, Page 5

EXTENSION OF CORRIDOR

NAZIS MORE AGGRESSIVE COUNTER=BLOWS FAIL (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Sept. 30, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 29 The Germans have become more aggressive in all sectors of the British Second Army front, says Reuter’s correspondent. Three counter-attacks which they threw in east of Nijmegen were all beaten. The Germans last night attempted to throw a bridgehead across the Lower Rhine near Heveadorn, five miles west of Arnhem, under cover of darkness. They are being forced back in very fierce fighting. The Canadians advanced two or tnree miles across the Tumhout canal.

Another Reuter correspondent says that General Dempsey’s armour and artillery are striking a succession of heavy blows on both sides of the main corridor stretching northward to the Lower Rhine. Long columns, protected by mobile anti-aircraft guns, line the main roads through Holland.

The whole Second Army is filtering into the new, hard-won high ground around Nijmegen and into the box between the Waal and the Lower Rhine. The British corridor between Nijmegen and Elst and right up to the south bank of the Lower Rhine west of Arnhem is every hour becoming stronger, thicker and more densely populated with men, guns and tanks. Troops Increase Hold

The British United Press correspondent says that the British are steadily increasing their hold on the triangle between the Waal and the Lower Rhine east of Elst and are pushing out westward in tough fighting.

The solid wedge of Alliedheld country now extends more than ten miles east and west from the Waal to the Lower Rhine north-west of Nijmegen. It is still being steadily extended by our troops, who are probing out against stiff opposition. Our whole Dutch salient is stiffening and becoming firmer.