CAPTURE OF TOWNS

Waikato Times, Volume 195, Issue 22492, 30 October 1944, Page 5

CAPTURE OF TOWNS

CITY OF LUXEMBOURG SHELLED AIR RAIDS ON RHINELAND (Received Oct. 30, 11.30 a.m.) _ . . LONDON, Oct. 29 British Forces have captured Loon Op Zand, says Reuter’s correspondent. The Canadians have captured Wouwsche, on the main road from Bergen Op Zoom to Rozendaal.

A Supreme Command communique states: Heavy calibre German artillery early on October 28 shelled the city of Luxembourg. Our units in the Moselle Valley encountered sporadic artillery and small arms fire.

The enemy’s communication system in Holland and the Rhineland was under ajr attack all day. Medium bombers and light bombers hit a railway bridge over the Yssel river at Deventer.

Fighter bombers in strength attacked railways and bridges in the Rhineland from Wesel, in the north, to Karlsruhe, in the south. They destroyed or damaged more than forty locomotives and a large number of railway trucks, and cut the railway tracks west of the Rhine at some sixty places.

Medium bombers and light bombers attacked railway bridges at Anhweiler and Sinzig. One light bomber is missing. Fighter bombers during the day shot down thirteen enemy planes. Advance of Canadians

The Canadians are continuing to pour into South Beveland. They have driven farther westward and captured Kepelle, two miles east of Goes, also Gravenpolder, four miles south of Goes. *

The Exchange Telegraph’s correspondent with the Second Army says: The Germans attacking the Miejel area have brought aircraft to support their operations. This is the first appearance of the Luftwaffe there.

The enemy this morning put in an attack against Leissel in battalion strength with fifteen tanks and selfpropelled guns. The attack here is perhaps best described as a largescale diversion in an attempt to buy time while withdrawal goes on farther west.

The attack against our positions in the Meijel region increased in severity this Our forces engaged in bitter fighting to defend their positions and prevent determined enemy efforts to infiltrate our lines. The Germans are bringing in reinforcements and fierce fighting is continuing. The Paris radio states that American reinforcements have reached the French Forces of the Interior, in the La Rochelle area, and a new offensive against the Germans strongly entrenched there is expected soon. The Allied pursuit of the Germans falling back on the Maas continued last night, with the Canadians pushing 1000 yards north of Bergen op Zoom, the British forces approaching the outskirts of Rosendaal and the Poles thrusting to within two miles of Breda, says the Associated Press correspondent. The Canadians have captured Nieuw Borgvliet, near Bergen op Zoom, and the Poles have linked up with British armoured units near Rijen.