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TOL EGG01 (8 Hom),
Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's Own Story Of The War In Europe
South. At the same time we hud to thrust toward the Northeast with great strength. In this way we would, Inekdentally, quickly elear the area from which the V-I and V-2 bombs had been consistently bombarding Southern England. But the principal object was the early capture of Ant- werp, with a line to the Eastward thereof that would protect us in the use of that great port.
All this conformed to original
plans except that the prospect of a speedy, justeurl of a lighting advance promised curly use of the ports farther North and lea- sched our dependence upon the Brittany ports. But the problem remaining to be determined was whether or not our supply system.. t unl been
Against a defeated aust ロー moralised enemy almost any rea- sonable risk is Justified and the success nitained by the victor I will ordinarily be measured in the buldness, almost foolhardil- ness. of his movements. The purpose of the costly brenk-through and the whirlwind attacks of the succeeding three weeks was to produce just such
We grasped eagerly at the op-¡tion, well forward toward the $18.00 a situation as now confronted us: portunity to swing in from the hurdlers of Germany, would re- we had been preparing our plans South agatust his rear in the at- duce our rail and truck haulage H.K.$30.00 su ax to reap the richest harvest tempt to accomplish a complete to the point where supply should from the initial success. But the destrueilon of all his forces, be- longer be a limiting factor in IL.K.$72.00 | lmculties of supply, once our cause, if we were successful, then the prosecution of the campaign,
columns bestan their
forward the intermediate battles that race, was a problem that required had always calculated an we at least in the Northern sectors.
an possibl
We hope for the early use of effective solution if we were to Ittles n
the Seine and on the Marseille because the Germans gain our full bottle profit.
Somme would not be fought and had already largely denuded that Our logistle formations hadur problem became n calculation
of mobile divisions, atv been confined in n very restricted of the furthermost line we could specily capture should prevent | handicapped
Walle affairs on the front of the Twelfth ami Twenty-first aren during the entire Battle of
are we enm-extensive demolition. Final suc- through all the first seven weeks hope to reach before The Beachhead. The only operat-pletely outran supply,
cess in that region would affort of the battle, could support vin
Army Groups were proceeding in ing purts were Cherbourg catacl Consequently, while
General the right flank of the Allies the movements up to and including such satisfactory fashion, Lieute- General Alexander M. the artificial port on the British
Bradley was swinging the mats
supply best possible
neste accomplishment of these pur
Patch's Seventh Army beaches near Arromanches.
was The of his forces in toward the Ger- Through that avenue would pour poses, repair of Cherbourg had present-minn rear It became necessary for early reinforcements from Ches All units were certainly gong
achieving remarkable results in the South of France. At the con- ei mang feulties.
The har-
to be short of supply, The task had to be me to review our entire plan of Unitel States, at the capacity:
ference of Allied war lenders at that was to allot deficits so as to avoid hour and appronches
determine what of the Rhone was so great campaign of mines, cleare of hundreds
operating stopping troops before they hadTeheran, in late 1943, the Wes- tern Allles had informed Gene- many of them of new and partim changes this new develop after they were once
thent would indiente as desirable. we should have ne prent diRI-| necompilatied" their main ublet-
ralissimo Stalin that a secondary We began cularly efficient types.
The two most hopeful probabi-culty with the logistic support of tives, and this in turn meant that asing the port in July, but it did les then presented to us were
movement Into the South of any part of our Unes South of the| na farination could get one pount France would be an integral pari not reuch volume production
the early capture of Marseille, far Luxembourg region.
of supply over and above thit of our lavasion across the Chan- until the middle of August. The
in the South, and Antwerp, in To make full use of these two artificial part on the
American Belgium.
Possession of this int-probabilities it was; of course, benches had been demolished in
ter part, if usable, would solve important that the right flank of the June storm. From Arromun.
tagistic problems our
for the our own armies join up as quick
THOMPSON-At Kowloon Hus- pital, un January 3, 1949, Dorrie, wife of 1. W. Thompson, a daughter.
ja
(nee Thelma Mix 41. Bennett Collaco) wishes all her friends A Very Happy New Year.
5.8. "DILWARA"
INST
answer
is
the
All
10
CANTONESE BY RADIO
maril
Wilson,
the idea that with only a few mare tons of supply he cousa impossible for General
the J11
Mediter~ war. commauling rush right on and win the war.
to secure estimates of This is the spirit that wins war?
rancan,
neered for basic missions.
nel to establish the second front When action is proceeding as rapidly as it diff across France in Europe. However, in early 1944 the Allies were wnging one luring the hectic days of liste. ches and Cherbourg we had not entire Northern half of our front. ly as possible with General August and curly September campaign in Italy and were plan- been able to project forward the Not only wRS Antwerp the great-Devers Sixth Army Group, which every commander from division ning for the great adventure of Overlord. During all the first ronds, railways, and dumps as west port in Europe but its loca-1 would be coming up from the upward becamex obsessed with | Ove
whalf of 1944. therefor it Was would have done had our break- out line actually been as far to' the Southward as the base of Cotentin Peninsula, where Wa originally expected it to be. our marching columns, therefore, had to be supplied from stocks located near the benches and
that over roads and railways
artvanced. to be repaired as we artvi
These meagre facilities could not support us indefinitely and there was bound to be 1in in the somewhere
direction of where we Germany
would be Vocabulary:- halted, if not by the action of th
(tím) deem: enemy, then because our supply 50. Hines had been struined to their elastic limit.
60. (fan) fun!
BY S K. LEE
Lesson 11.
SOCIAL WELFARE There is, of course, no real
Father to
Ryan's penetrative analysis of what wrong with the social At structure of Hong Kong. least, there could not be were this Colony situated in any other part of the globe than the China coast, and so close that to talk, as did the YMCA Debating Group the same evening, of restricting the Immigration of Chinese seeking refuge, is to close all eyes to the realities. Give us the benefits of being a self contained community, free to admit
or exclude those useful as citizens, or unwanted, as the case might be, and Father Ryan's appeal would be irresistible. all know, or most of us, how disgracefully far behind we the bulk is devoted to gasoline Useful phrases:
called, We all know why pri- und lubricants,
the supply officer, (6) "Yee gah!" vilege remains ensconced. language of
POL The appal-
With thirty-six divisions in at (7) ", Shee gaan"" ling housing conditions of tion we were faced with the pro- the poor; the absence of blem of delivering from beaches Combinations: educational facilities for and, ports to the front lines some
1. Deem jung'. thousands of children: the 20,000 tons of supplies every day.
Our spearheads, moreover, were 2. Gay daw1 deem2 jung1? hopeless inadequacy of medi-
swiftly, frequently
are.
Or most of us.
A reinforced division, in netive
operations, consumes from 800 to 61.
(tsz) dzee
when battling in a fixed position, 700 tons of supplies per day. 62. (kwat) gwut We most of this tonnage is represent-63. led in ammunition; on the march
in the
A dot. To check, How?
A division; minute.
Tu divadle.
A character; word.
Bone. A quarter.
(poon) boon*
Half.
Now.
Time.
cal care for those in great-seventy-five miles per day. The 3. Gay? (daw') deem2 jung1? est need who are without re- supply service had to catch these sources; in general, the rela-with loaded trucks. Every mile. Shup yee deem2 jung1. tive indifference to the well-of advance doubled the difficulty
because the supply truck had al-5a. Ng fun jung1. being of the great mass of
ways to make two-way run to b. Yut' gawdzee jung'. Hong Kong's community, are the beaches and back, in order to all too apparent. This, in deliver another load to the march 6a. Shup ng fun' jung', deed, is part of the trouble. Ing troop. Other thousands of So much of misery, of suffer-tons had to go into advanced air- ing and distress, of wretch-fields for construction and subse- Still - quent maintenance. and edness
desolation, is tional amounts were required for about us that it is the un-repair of bridges and rouils, for fortunate tendency
be- which heavy equipment was come inured, and to take re-necessary, fuge in what comfort can ba derived from the saying that "the poor are always with
115."
more
to
We
b. Saamt gawdzee jung1. [c._Yut! gaw3"gwul) jung!, 7a. Saam1 shup fun1 jung'.
b. Boon' deem2 jung'.
our
1.
our
able to outflank him and force evacuation,
c. (Yut') deem2 boon' jung'. Shee gaan":
Gay2 déem2 jung' neh1? Yut deem2 jung1.
O'clock,
Hour.
How many hours?
What o'clock? What time?, Twelve o'clock. Twelve hours.
Five minutes.
Five minutes.
Fifteen minutes,
Fifteen minutes.
Quarter of an hour,
Thirty minutes.
Half an hour. Half past one.
An hour and a half. Time:
What time is it?
It is one o'clock.
2:03.
Leung deeming ng fun' (jung').
Saam1 deem2 yut1 gaw „azee (Jung).
3.05
5.
During the days that we were raped off In the beachhend could not foresee the exact renc- tion of the enemy following upon From this attitude of a successful breakout on
right. His most logical move ap- 2. mind, or closing of the mind,
of his Father Ryan's lecture was peared to be a swinging
troops back toward the Selne, to 3. designed to shake us. and it defend the crossings of that river. will have achieved its pur- If he had chosen to do this he pose if it accomplishes no could undoubtedly have made
than to compel us, stubborn defence of that obstacle * (meaning; the community and until our advancing troops were the government) to a re- examination of our approach If we had been compelled to and our consciences. Frank- fight a general battle on the Seine ly, and Father Ryan spoke our lines of communication would frankly enough,
short and 6. we would have been relatively
the
logistic problem would have say that there was too much been solved gradually, conform- missing in his exposition of ing to the pace that our the requirements. Nothing troops could advance.. However, 7. was said, of any moment, when the enemy decided, under about the cost of the pro-
Hitler's Insistence, io siand where he whs and to gramme. No hint was given against the flank of our marching
counterattack 8. of the method by which this columns at Morlain the entire Colony would deal with the prospect was changed. bugbear which appears im-
own
Say3 deem shup ng cun1 4:15.
(jung1).
Ng deem saam gawi dzee (jung')..
5:15
Look deem3 yut! gaws gwut' (jung').
It is quarter past six.
Tsut1 deem2 saam! shup fun' (jung').
1.30.
9. Baat deem2 boon3 (jung1). It in half past eight.
fun' (Jung'),
11., Shup deem2 gau* gawi
„dzee (jung1).
10:45.
mediately any suggestion papers before allowing entry. [10. Gau* deem1 says shup, ng 9.45. made of extending social "This, however, docs not welfare commitments the apply to uniformed police," certainty of a heavy influx added the statement. of Chinese from the hinter-
This is utterly misleading, land only too willing to par and should be immediately ticipate in their benefits. contradicted. No policeman Father Ryan would doubtless has the right to enter any dismiss this Instinctive re- private home in Hong Kong sistance as representing the without a warrant, and on mentality of 50 years ago, his failure to produce one,
12. Shup yut deem2 saam1
gaw1 gwut1 (jung').
but he too in his analysis any householder can refuse DO YOU dealt with what he called the him admission. There is one theoretical and the practical. slight modification of this. KNOW Theoretically, all possessed To facilitate the carrying out with a social conscience must of raids, policemen of the
wholehearted agree
with
rank of inspector and above everything that Father, Ryan are given a general warrant urged. Practically, they for use in opium cases and must compromise and do the offences under the Women's best they can under existing and Girls' Ordinance and conditions.
·
Right of Entry
this can only be used where specific information has been laid.. Even here, production
A statement from the of the general warrant can Public Relations Office yes-be demanded. terday warned the public to
There must be no dublety guard against persons pro- | in the minds of law-abiding tending to be Government citizens as to their right of representatives, pointing out locking their doors against that residents have the right |'änyone, unless the official can
demand identification produce written authority.
to
YOUR
HONG
KONG?
Can you re cogniesheet this pleture was taken? The awar la in Pane "Daven.
It is quarter to 12.
and is always to be encouraged, what might be available for the Initiative, confidence, and bold- Dragon attack.
that My derision January ness are among the most admir- able traits of the gout combat the Overlord attack must be car- ried out on a front of five divi- sions had male it impossible to
leader. As we dlushesi France and Belgium
aeroxy ench cats-
maurer, therefore, begged and un
launch the Dragon altuck simul- demoled priority over all others toneously with the Overlord land- and it was undenfable that in ing, as had been originally plan- front of each were opportunities ned. A vast amount of study and for quick exploitation that made telegraphie corresponcience sub- those demands completely logical.sequently developed between the
In the Inter summer
Combined Chiefs of Staff, General days t
myheadquarters and my Walsum, 1944 It was known to us that the
an ardent
German still had tisposable re- concerning the wisdom of per- serves within his own country. xisting in the plan, From the be- Any Idea of altemping to thrust ginning I had been forward a small force, bridge the Rhine, and continue on into the heart of Germany was complete- ly fantastic. Even hud such this position 1 was supported by force been able to start with д
advocate of this secondary attack and never in all the long period of discussion would I ngree to its elimination from our plans. In
total of tea or a dozen divisions General Marshall. -und it is certain no more could
have
All these arguments and discus– been stuported even tem- slona were now definitely things porarily the attacking column the past and we were assured would have gradually grown
wo that very shortly there would be smaller as it dropped off units to a force, to be constituted as Devers Sixth Army protect its flanks and would have General
enemy.
auded up facing inescapable de- Group, of at least ten American feat. Such an altempt would and French divisions in Souther have played into the hands of the France driving northward to join us and that these would be fol- The more the entire situation ions from the United States. lowed quickly by reinforcing divi- was studied the more it became There was no development of that clear that the plan arrived at
perind which added more deci through weeks and months sively to our advantages or alded eurnest study was still applicable, us more in accomplishing the anal even though the immediate con-
and complete defeat of the Ger ditions under which it would be mon ferers than did this second- executed did not conform to the ary attack coming up the Rhone letailed possil ilities we had pro- Valley,
distanco of Because of the we General Patch's troops-from-my
rected into the operation. Con- sequently I decided that. ww would thrust forward on Our
right to a point of junction with headquarters and the lack of com- General Devers' forces, which we munications, it had been arranged that General Wilgen was to retain heliered would be in the region operational control of that force af Dijon, while on the left Mont-
to until it was possible for me gomery would be ordered to push establish the machinery for com- forward as rapidly as possible, to mand. This date we estimated as make certain of securing a il September 16. However, from that would adequately cover the beginning of the Southern Antwerp.
Bradley directed invasion nll battle fronts in Hodges First Army to advanco France really became
one, and abreast of the British formations, all plans, both tactical and logis- roughly in the general direction tical, were devised upon the ar- of Aachen, so as to make certalu sumption that soon the whole of success on our left
would constitute one continuous We hoped that this Northeast-order of battle. This we wanted ward thrust would go so rapid'y to bring about quickly, and with and that the collapse of the Ger the conclusion of the drhting on man would be so great that wo The Seine at the end of August, might even gain, before the in- Bradley ordered Patton's Third ovitable halt came about, a Army to murah Enetiward with a bridgehead over the Rhine which orimary mission of linking up would immediately threaten thej quickly with the Seventh Army to Ruhr.
form a continuous front. It was under this general plan that the battling of the succeed-
ing weeks took place.
To Be Continued
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