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Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Own Story Of The War In Europe
Case
BIRTII
this expeditiously, rallwns
A simple engincces developed scheme that was adopted with At Queen HOSE-ANDERSSEN
splorulid results. Heavy equip May Hospitní, on January 13, is, to wife of R. Rusement like railway cars can nor- may be brought into a theatre Anderssen, the gift of a both,
anty at prepare decks.
calculations showet enery insres were double OWI
the i
of
bours. Our engineers, however, perly laid railway tracks in the bottom of LSTS. They then laid railway lines down to the water'
FIRE HAZARD
sanguine
The
on
The need for using only
}}{uL|| kirst uf cranes
Allied Hver
Consequently
the
netma
edge at the benches of embarka-period was to become a tion and debarkation and, by ar-ale one because of a series of in the ranging flexible connections be-bitterly contested battles, usually in the United
tween ground tracks and she conducted under the most try bombs they used were either minn
of weather ufactured in that
ships.
in the LSTS, simply rolled the curs try clic out of the in while waging and during the autumn months, Die battle of supply, there was no Cessation of fighting along the
went
strength, was approximately 4,700 fighters, 4,000 light, medium, and heavy bombers, and 4,000 recon- naisadnice, transport, and other
Суров...
would also secure the areas in the
1
By
the
the
WER
While this build-up was pro ceeding during the autumn months Janela
there was, an originally planned. trunks broke completely through
much to be done operationally. In the surfaces of mate highways
the North, besides capturing the and it seemed almost impossible) favour the enemy. During this, and became the basis "Alr approaches to Antwerp, it was II.K.$18.00
1. L the resulting quaginires perihal
સ્પૉ eneral Claims," but we found that this desirable to make progress toward We took H.K.$30.00 with ruffelent stone and gravel
accurate closing the Rhine, beenuse It was Ruide the principle that opera method provided to restore them too semblance tions, exerpt In these areas estimate of the damage actually from this region that our heaviest H.K.$72.00 at usefulness.
Exact appraisal could attacks would be launched In die Farther Taduce depratence on roads where we had some specite and inflicted.
vita' oba etive, such as In The be made only after the area was crossing of that river. we brought in quantities of rail- | Vila of the Her duns, were captured by the graund troops. South, on Bradley's front, it was was rolling stock in repince that profitable to us only where the For the delivery, In. a single advantageous to conduct prelimin destroyed earlier in the war.
Tail
that blow, of a vast tonnage of explo-ary operations tooking toward the
our fai
sives upon a given area, the power final destruction of nil German of the air force is unique. Em-forces remaining West of the German fores West of the river. We were cortal that by conployment of large bomburn in this Rhine. Thus we would not only throughout its length, and getting anremitting: offensive role has the advantage of impos-deplete the forces available for the ready to taunch the dual assaults tinuing anë ve would. In spite of hardship ing un strain upon the forward later defence of the river but we toward the heart of Germany.
Every navi privation, galny additional line of communtention.
Capture of the approaches Un-advantages
over the
enemy, round of ammunition that is fired Saar region from which we plus-Antwerp was a difficult operation. loading is laborious breause Specifically wo were convinced from an artillery shell is unloaded ned to launch strong attacks in The Seleldi Estuary was heavily
would result in a main base and from there conjunction WB those in that this polley
the mined, and the German forces on the front
over North, when we were ready to Walcheren Inland and South Beve shortening the war and therefore
PropTERAPS
land Island completely dominated in the saying of thours of crowded rall and road lines. After envelop the Ruhr.
JA fanlly several handiings it
In the autumn fighting we ngħin the water routes lending to available for use at the gun sile, encountered nur old snemy,
elty. It was unfortunate that we Hong Kong's citizens hope
The June storm on the had not been successful in seizing The big bombers are stationed zar weather. memor-}
rear: In our ease they were beaches had established a forty the area during our great South that this Government may
Kingdom.
The year record for severity. Agnin take prompt action on the
In the autumn the funds broke Eastward reach in the early days
of September. report it commissioned
country ing conditions
or another meteorological record ex Reduction of those strongholds the Wing On godown fire
terrain. Walcheren
United tending back over deendes. Island brought, over from the
required a joint anval, air, and tragedy, in which 173 men,
the Anction, the Hurtgen Forest, Stalen
Montgomery ship. in cargo
From November 1 many of the rivers ground operation. Roer dans, the Sanr Basin, und
out ta were factories or ports. they women and children perish
of their banks and gave General Grerar of the Canad conditions
nlong the ed. and a physical loss of
The Vosges Mountains were all appropriate sirfields, and from weather
ndi- whole front slowed up our attacks, on First Army responsibility for
dovolaping and executing HK$20,000,000 was incurred,
give their names during the there were delivered in one handl
In spite of these conditions plane. fall months 1944 to battles ing directly against the enemy.
Preparatory work More than one overseas
The afr can be employed in a proceeded with the general plan of started shortly after the city fell that, in the sum of their resuls, control insurance and fire
ed greatly hastened the end of the variety of ways to forward the building up great bnica and com- into our hands on September 4. has glimpseri expert
the yot punk strength, continued
Its munications to the borders of Ger- In addition to progress of the land battle. in Europe. to increase. On War
closing the Rhing with congested warehouse - cum-constantly habitation areas of our twin August 1 our divisional strength the handicap of weather there most common functions are to pre- niany,
on the Continent was thirty-five, was the difficulty of shortages in vent interference with our ground initial emphasis on the left, pre-
anmunition and supplies. cities and gone away hor-
The forces by enemy planes, to runder paring for, the destruction of the with four American nd twi
courage, and resource- tactical skistunce to attacking rified. Fire after horrifying British divisions In the Unlled hardhood, cou
fulness of
of the Allied soldier wasi troops by fighter-bomber effort fire has devastated crowded. Kingdom.
October 1 our never
tested
the more thoroughly | ngainat selected targets ramshackle structures.
strength on the Con- but aggregate
and
with more brilliant results front, and to facilitate capture of on the surface all that has tent including the Sixth Army than during this period.
Group
defended points by heavy which hael advanced
The strength of our
In these clase-nup- happened is that insurance through the South of France was
Krowing strong brokers have presumably. afty-four divisions, with six still round force was multiplied by port activities It has, of course, In Europe looked a trifle harder at the staging through the United King- the presence of a powerful and certain limitations.
MARK" | «fficient air force.
bad weather was the worst enemy All
divisions were Tactically. an air risks they are asked to under-dani.
and the unexpected force pos-of the air. short in infantry replacements, write. If this happened in
sesses a mobility which places in advent of rain, fog, or cloud often numerical strength the handt of the high command a bably disarranged a battle plan. China proper, or in Siam, or and in total
grotantel forces the Gerzpaus weapon that may be used on In the middle of December bad Burina or Indin, the West- still hatt marked advantage. successive days against targets weather prevented the air from erner would nowadays have were disposed along line hundreds of miles apart. Aerial discerning the concentration of little grounds for complaint which, beginning in the
bombardments are delivered in unused German strength in the Rhine, 0112 the banks of against an attitude distilled
Ave hundred miles from centuries of Asiatic in-stretched
Southward ta the border of difference to safety and even Switzerland.
of To the South life, provided a reasonable that country detachments were livelihood could be wrung pasted 012 th French-Italian from a hard and antagónis-border to guard against raids on our Unes of communication by tic world.
the Germans in Italy, Hong Kong, however, is
This meant that, counting all British ruled and controlled,
of division-infantry, types
airborne-we and it is up to our Govern-armoured. and ment, more or less elected emuld, on un by itself, with approval from less than one Whitehall, to see that Occi- ten miles of front.
In view of all these conditions
tron!,
One ground force while
(111
Ry
Worth
the average, deploy division to ench
dental standards of civic there was much to be said for
welfare are upheld in so far
Sa
1
NORTH SEA:
BRUGES
CHENT
પણ
To Be Continued
CANTONESE BY RADIO
BY SK LEE
Lesson 13.
the
Vocabulary:-
67.
(ying) ying
Ought.
68.
(koi) goy!
Ought.
AANHEM:
69.
(tse) dzel
70.
(sam) sum'
HELMOND
EINDHOVEN
TUANHOUT
PANTWERD
THE SCHELDT. ESTUARY...... GERMAN CONTROL OF THE ISLANDS AT THE MOLTIS OF THE SCHELDT PREVENTED USE OF THE ANTWERP PORT MILES
such concentrated form as
Dould
therefore
Useful phrase:
(9) "M goynay"
(10) “Dawdzeh nay”
(11) "Nayyau sum!" (12) "Hoh wah"
Combinations:
1. 'Ying gay'.
2. M ying' goy'.
3. Hoh2 sum1.
1.Nay ying' goy" gom2
yeung" dzoh.
2. Nay,m ying' goy' bay"
tseen',kul.
3. M goynay
Thank.
Heart. Mind. Centre.
Thank you (for something
done).
Please. Sorry.
Thank you (for something
given).
Thank you. You are kind,
Don't mention it.
Ought. Shwuld.
Ought not. Shoukin't.
Kind-hearted,
You should do in this way.
You shouldn't give him money.
wah
2
ngaw
Please tell me.
How are you-
jee' lah'
Conversation:
A.
Nay hoh mah"?
numbers our
air
B.
over.
Ngaw hoh, nay yau sum1..
I am well, thank you.
„Nay neh1?
A. Hohi, yau sum!.
Fine, thanks.
an early assumption of the de- as this is humanly possible. fensive in order to conserve all Having arrogated to them-gur strength for building up the selves despotic powers, our logistic system and to avoid the winter campaign. rulers cannot in this day and I declined to adopt such a course,
suffering of a age escape the inherent res
and all principal commsaders ponsibilities and one won-agreed with me that it was to ders how easy are the con- our advantage to push the fight-
that sciences
suavely ing
One important consideration guide our destinies.
that Indiented the advantage of The Commission's com-
keeping up our offensives to the ment that a minor degree of limit of our troop and logistical
to | Ardennes, and made the atr force responsibility rests with the capacity was the knowledge that produce among defending forces of little use to us in the first week
replace his great
shock that is scarcely obtain- of that battle. Moreover, by ila Chief Officer of the Fire Bri- in order to
losses of July, August, and Sep-able with any amount of artil-nature, the air cannot stay con- gade for failure
to ensure | FUS
fember the enemy was hastily lery.
stantly at the front; each piano adequate publicity for stor-organising and equipping new For pinpointing of accessible must return periodically to its age regulations, is manifest-divisions. In many instances, he targets, the air was normally not base for refueling and servicing. to bring these so effective as artillery. More- This Umited the number present at ly unfair. It is by law-war compelled
troops into the lines with but over, against general targets, air the front to a fraction of the total the duty of godown, mana-
Occasionally they power did not destroy-it dam- numbers available. sketchy training. Initially gers to be fully acquainted had a low order of efficiency, and aged. An Industrial aren was enamy planes
existing regulations, attacks against with
them were for
over-all obliterated In be-and, Indeed, rarely dan-ss costly than they would be never eliminated by a single raid strafe our front lines, even though especially concerning
by strength was relatively gerous goods, and in point come later as these new enemy beyond partial repair even
bombings. formations succeeded in perfect repeated
of whelming. of fact they do know them.
The air force had other imper- Incidentally, it was a mattering their training and their de-communication were never, ex-
fensive installations.
cept in extended periods of good tant uses. Ono of these was to of common observation that
Intelligence agencies were re-weather, completely severed be-attack the enemy's supply lines. the Chief Officer did all inquired to make exhaustive dally yond any hope of use. But the Still another was that of increas his power to save property analyses of enemy losses on a air did deplete the usefulness of ing the decisiveness of the ground and lives once the holocaust parts of the frant. The purpose anything it attacked and, given battle. Every-ground commander those ideal flying conditions and when reeks the battle of annihilation; 50 hull torn loose. Apart from was to avoid attacks in
areas where the holance sheet in used in large concentrations, far as conditions permit, he tries courageous, self-forgetting losses showed any tendency to could carry this process of de- to duplicate in modern war the
pletion to near perfection. classic example of Cannae. rescue work, firemen pre-
Air attack by a single combat the beginning of a great campaign, vented the flames from en- gulfing the adjoining Royal obviously a rush job for the piane is a fecting thing, and the battles of annihilation are possible results achieved do not always only against some isolated portion Inter-Ocean Line's headquar- | Government,
before conform to first estimates. even
force. Air of ters on one side, and a string the provision of quarters for reports of destroyed vehicles, par- Destruction of bridges, culverts,
servants. of old brick godowns on civil"
Also, the ticularly armoured vehicles, were railways, roads, and canals by the the other. Further, the necessity strikes one in the always too optimistle by far. This air force tends to isolate the force Chief was unaware. of the face for all dangerous goods fighter-bomber
was not the fault of pilots. Each under attack, even if the severance
airplane was of its communications is not com contents of Godown No. 2, godowns to have in charge equipped with a movie camera plete,
1944 In the fall of and may well have expect a qualified supervisor who which automatically recorded the
our alr ed an explosion there at any knows chemicals Little was apparent results of every attack. strength, in operational units, in- marociated bomber said, but many people The films were examined at bases cluding the The Commission's sugges- thought about the goods tion that the Fire Brigade dumped at sea towards the and Marine Department, as end of last year by a com-
moment.
KNOW
YOUR
HONG KONG?
well as where applicable the pany which was justifiably. DO YOU Department of Imports and afraid to store them. Exports should interchange. Another, and ostensibly information about the arrival excellent idea, is still pre- or movement of dangerous sumably being considered by goods, is obviously an ex- the authorities-that cement cellent one, as is also the reships, anchored in the roads, commendation that import-be chartered to house dan- ers should have dangerous gerous goods. Why not? - goods labelled as such at If this scheme is not adopt their source, in accordance ed, why should inflammable with local regulations. chemicals, celluloids, etc., be All this, however, is skirt-allowed to simmer in tropi- Ing round the crux of the cal heat in residential areas problem. The fact is that of the Colony at all? Their dognico "whard) no familles should be allow-volume and weight are not ed to live above godowns large, and, they could easily containing materials which be stored in some safe and might exupt into fire and empty arep in the New Ter- death. Where would the ritories or away from hous- evicted people go?-This is ing in the Island.
Can you ess
this platura"Wes- taken? Theat
war is in Page,
Beven.
Lines
the
enomy'#
entire
In
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