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emistud the Arnlion operation: United Kingdom, Including the were located in diffenlt mountain Bossibly wp could have begun the Canadian Arity and the Follah country the attack was certain to Walcheren attack some two or division.
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was
twenty-sogne, of the month; "The onemy
hls' habitual placile launched a counterattack Instantly. Initially, our al- vancing troops - loat some ground but the 44th Divinton Tought, bff the enomy and regained Ita ́posi- tloris: The 79£N® Dlvlslow 'irow camo! abroast of the 44th and the tsko,df, them made; rubld progress, lovarti Haguenau, which they toole of December 12.
During, the progresA of thoвd I viited Dayers, to make
'unias, na ovefitual- [tack by the 28th' Division had Lall. As of Wig, “situation with
a few additional unitsel to make satisfactory propicis a
theatre.
imporm the heavy assault 'was started by tha
Mr. and Mrs. W. 1. Hundyside
To the Canadian 2nd Division and Mrs. T. A., Martin wich was assigned the job af oveream-
could express their heartfelt ng Woensdrecht, und from there Mediterranean thanks to the, Statis of the attacking Westward along
the Americans were Queen isthmus Germans on position Kowals and thus devoted
attention to Use Inte Miss
fully acknowledge the many expressions "of aympathy re- ceived.
NEW REVENUE The taken by the Government this week to increase its re- venue have been received
various measures
in 1.
"ifferent
First Army December Meanwhile; South
the
a.
On his extreme loft-there
to be no limediato ad-
13. happhared to
Rhino plain, I d67, Into the
of the vantage In pushing Third Army turn the left coups of Patch's Army The fighting throughout, the
South Beveland. The troupe were were rapidly foming from the launched an atticle on November Northone poch
einforcing
27 the division had
the month South
8. ILM pifchstve was aimed
close
to
and
M
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WOL
conditions. In p
which in all kinds of War!
_with mixed feelings desplic entirely in our hle
offensive toward the Raine in cember before, the find, one' wüs owner. I particularly entry tonnes, wizię approval of Legislative Coun- Walcheren Island consisted of the Ninth and, First Armies and was Army, the advance quickly brought had clones Mountains, until. I
the fact they received the
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Lisa NorthwAFIN MOVEMENg on the, Eug frontally absorbs the wave
requently, forced to fight-waist- Vera Handysldo, and grite deep in water against sirong Gor./ United Vistes, and as they reachtaí centrally at the Saar region, and pot with the right think, of front,; friend' Switzerland to the
the battle front ** man' resistance: and
they provided took them st
on the Western mouth of the Ehint, descended 24 three days to reach the West esidportant tasks and made it possilife North of Melz, bridgeheads were
strength for the execution of made excellent initial progress: slopes of ope That corps during the late fall monilia to the ni of the isthmus. But by Delcher to broaden the American sector established across the Maselle and
support the
delest kind of infantly slugging established itself on the Island proper.
Its attacks against the Sear, which Advances wore slow and labóriais. The henover necesary to provide shortly after the middle of Name
Calne were ordinarily measured British 62nd Division, war Innded granty for concentrations on her the leading taxandmed: the won 0 to be benewed
the remainder on the South shore of South Bever the flanka,
German frontier Metz was sur
I course desimale to of yazdı rather than on
Dovers
Operations became Immediately South of the British rounded and cut blf. Jand
on, the night of October 25-20.
arch Bradles, on October surrendered. November 22, How-
The city front to Whipe a rapidly 14, matter of artillery and pe The two forces then fought for brought init: line the US. Ninth eyer, some of the forts in the as possible and then by nuving on and, on the part of the ins
In a
and by the
victity, out to too, toming juncture and by thirtieth of On November 10, Bradley renewed I was almost the wildele De all the way Northward to the coutego.
cautioned Dovers not to start th the Northern part of his sector redusest, and topped df. The defending
on The attack was carried out by the In the right sector of the Third of the
he cll" without dissenting troops that had escaped from South
precollect Beveland and of detachtinents the
by a heavy bombitig of
The Lousts, was taking out all onenty foring 1 against up voice. On the question of
of the tions in his rear.. from the German Fifteenth Army, bhry, Rindred and Line, those gunning the trianglones enamy,
practically all of them. These the increased fees for radio which had originally been station- four American, and 1,188 British between the Moselle and the Rhlắc. | m
strongest sections of, the, Siegfricil
were Twölfe
Sometimes ir In Advisable to by no means due to enemy action. " licences this is easily under-ed in the Calais aren,
garrisons and slope. In other respects, too, stood.
contain
abnormal them until their fantry suffered an Qver the past few
Walcheren, on November 1, was of the extent to which we were fences.
operation being
of casualties, Becaus another example prised two general lines of de- months, the programme ac WEEKEND IN
The forward ong was render
However, thip pro and bomber to continuous system of obaticies and codure le have been widely discussed strongest local resistance we met intervene affectively in the
ize anally applicable only at any coast line during the Euro- battle
troops are cot/ with, as the outcome, agen pean operation. To provido sup
mended Morerer, the Ampng depth. In the eral acceptance of the view porting fire, only smait naval ves fourteen divisions, and the number It featured a series of held forts, These altacks initially employed line of extraordinary strength. that an increase in the feels could be used but these, un was soon increased to seventeen mutually supporting, arranged in
of our own
"own" troops; and itli applicable when from $12 to $20 annually wantingly puched in close to the Nevertheless, progress was slow a line more than two miles deep pocket is in
Walcheren Jalan must be regarded as well sistently engaged heary Innid, ont richt dengan Binck, the first three defenses glowed up the add from, which it enn, threaten our ander le curtain of uriniery fre
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* had goredjur öffänsive strong fell the
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The Government's intentions minimul landing and for
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on this score are believed to' | ing personho). go with the trend of listener opinion, and next year's es- timates for broadcasting ser- vices will be examined with keen interest. The same cannot be said of the boost of the radio dealers' licence from $50 to $250. In itself an average of just over $20 a month appears to be not an unreasonable figure: it would
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by bombers to blow on portions af the dikes that held back to A from the lower levels of the Island, These breaches, permitting the sea defences, were of great usefulness. to food critical sections of the
an, operation that throughout presented unusual dim
dmculties. Final Gerri velstance on thi was eliminated by Novem er 9, by which time some 10,000, enemy troops had been captured, ncluding a vision commander. The coat was high. For the tire series of operations in the re our own cuauales, almost Canadian Brush, numbered 27,633. This
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off, troops to watch markedly,
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tha
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noʻl impreund, non. Deygra that fourcall to and enough divisions unit strength, we found the allow any Gornians to remain caus of the river in the upper Thing perform all the tasks. plain,
South of Strasbourg, would quired immediate attention and barrassment.
required for successful ullacke. Gederal Devert billeted that As the Infantry replacement the With Army which had up objem, benar og de menor
sd brilliantly in breaking every kind or expedient to through the Belfort Gap and
strength. Full UPIR
тереді reaching the Rhine, could easily were made, to the War Depart
themont, so that take care of the remnants of the German
Nineteenth Army
certain to cause us inter em- still maintain the... concentrations
facing thons
In der German.
he
has
units
ope
land would beffort in the home
concontrated. need. We combed throu own organisation to fjod.. men the Services of Supply and che
who could be
man where, employment in 1
to exist as a factical
fore". Consequently, he estimate formations. Wherever possible we
he could carry out my instruc- replaced a man in service organ
tions for the elimination of the
Geraiană near 'Colímax"
the bations
Vi service cate
asufitance of General Bra Generál
Corps. The had reason Justified in
in the Allmate
icularly in view of
Wig:
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one from the limited- o
or by a WRC. 507 Spantz, fohnd
could give, us
"
that tio, te
This masterderable help ing
to
great
Hiero
fonts already: inflicted on
thousand
mon:I transferred from his unita toitur
a
the owners of radios brought red two weeks or completion abominable and the German garri the Rlione Valley and case. In ness"wan “over-optimistic, who'tio) ithout waiting for the additionn
October.
Dut * 100% *Intò line..
thank
ers we do not know: but ob- berunARTY-Z the "Américay 4th 9th, and 28th attacked, tant formidable barrier to themselves stubbornly to, hold
**The "eltv in mid- Divisions referred to hard fighting on November 14, In tin attempt 15 Army, werkened bử ita" rodent acting buities and master-Genefal; and its full considerable damage in the caused with the Battig of Hurtgen Forest Once, we could secure this region Fellinto the to in them with the infant it
AYS of numerous smaller left and the defenders of the Sour German 20,
o less than 25,000, in the capture of Sicily, where we defeated a sarrison of 360,000.
Forest, the scene of one of the vast amount of heavy artilery German Army. He ordered the the ground forces. All thora mea- With this effort necomplished; most bitterly contested battles of ammunition, the attacks there.VI Corp to turn Northward Insurts, however, falled to kép fil- No began the clearing of mines the entire campaign. The enemy. Were suspended until additional the plain East of the Vi
the ranks of the Infantry from the Scheldt: Eetuary. asual the Germans had installed defensive country, and the attack-vided,
A bad all the advantages of strong logistical support could be pro- at it could
formations, Realising this, General FTJXY Corna, Weg gyanoli Marshall sent ho their mainek in great profusion and ing, Americans had to depend al-
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suggestion Still farther South there was in the attacks agamat the that seemed to posses great merit. the job, in spite of
most exclusively upon infantry much fighting in Dovers Sith
It was that the infantry of the on the part
of the Navy, no weapons
We don's realso of the thickness Army Group. During September Dever, esilmato of the French and divisions in the United The first ships to bogan unload-
The weather want advanced, Northward through First Army's immediate effective States should be dispatched
November ingin Antwerp arrived there son' was particularly stubborn, but breast of the Third Army line probably underrated, the defensivo antipping needed to bring their
The Gernians had
doggedness finally won facing Eastward In the “dificult
tracks, and other hear Thereafter, whenever
Dieyogement heslover veterans, af Vodges Mountain area but power of Germán units, when
He and weapons are the bombs were viously such a avsteni pro
French this way, we could a. Atrong position. The vides the simplest possible frequently grralle, as they had they did so in terms of comparison penetrate into the plains of Alice offensive, found it imp form of check for the Post-
been London tho
training by y-s
atstrict.
trict, which they plated at the top of the Devers forces could concentrato I immediate enforcement would unddubt Nimber of civilians and holi s
divisions: already in the the bulk of their strength, on the vas Tommie un Colmar
principal purpose, was to, give edly bring in substantial ad werd killed" and,
pocket common.cations
garrison which establish vetoras division oppofluity to tired and depleted infantry, of a ditional revenue. But In rend supply work were often
of the same sanguinary would have to relist powerful ot
ed and pastatains itself in the this aid, the Government lation of Antwerp sustained these out the
periods.
pinned down for days as they dug
The French
Bhias, in the vicinity of Colmar. Its place on the front was defending
gary as the should not at the same time attacks unflinchingly,
tack on Devery front and breached The existence of "this pocket was by one of tha how full-trungth Ono V-2 general progress continued
Belfort Gap wit
within a week later to work to our definite di regiment do him ill by raising his shop bomb struck a crowded theatre and we reached the banks of the Roars leadings quickly reached advantago. licence fee five times. Noi almost equal number of soldiers. At the banks of the Roor
killed hundreds vilions and anRiver, where, the Ninth Army the Rhind it turned the flank
To Be Continued is there any great enthuThis enemy also employed farga
arrived on December
the "German" portion in the siasm about the increases in numbers of E-bon
Vosges and forced a Kenoral with- certain tobacco duties. What spadly type of the effect on prices: will be boat) Cand tiny, subh has not yet come to light. terfere with our 150 The Increase appears heavy energetic nail and enough, however, to suggest In spite of all unfels that an incronse of price for quickly became several brands of cigarettes Mark of our ont will prove unavoidable. The
While this Argument for the incresso
tifying op draj coming from the official' spokesman torided to give
the front the impression that Hong Kong was embarking upon Group front ont the manufacture of cigarettes for the first time which, as fim is well known, in certainly not the case. The smoker will derive no greater satis faction from the heavy in crease in duty úpor import ed cigarettes, purely on the Fround that various factors might, operate to make the locally-manufactured clzar. ette more costly than import ed brands. Bolter to have sald simply that the oppor tunity was being taken of securing greater revenue from tobacco duties and to
ouiring: the dealer to render bri altho the civiliavior character, in which, units, were tacks on two ad the nut Egtendible ground West of the tople and rehabilitate, Itself while
tein
cop
his advances were flails were now Scult country, "but he had cleared man pöcket West
met a new kind of tactical prob- drawal In front of
of the US (tarpedo lem: Farther up the river, at Seveda Arty under General
tein Schmidt, were great dams. They Patch. rimpel, to in-
This
furer, attacking: Antwerp. word of special tered" "by
by operation had d found exceedingly tough going of the floodgates in the dams be arough the tortuous passte of the action. Antwerp could vary the water level, below mountalas. un Patch'a army hern bul.
thom. This made an inmediata MAJOL Genoral Edward H. Brook fichi sya assault across the Roer River Ime VI Corps whs of the right and possible, inch any Azzopa auctos: Masta General Wado H. Haiðlípa ful in crossing could be isolated by XV Corps, formerly with Paton, gas in pro a flooding for liver and there was on the left. When Hoth flank, the
after eliminated
the dest einploy man withdrawal started because was far from ment of · Garman is
for the French,
these trad Hirst Army We
made rapid why succeedition of the dants by air
bombing inst them whe acerbourg on the atd and direct hier wum secured, the twenty-second However, the concrete structures broke out Into the Rhine plain. wore so massive that damage was Strasbourg, on the banks of the negligible, and there was no rethine, was ontored by the French coupe.axcopt. ta lake them by 2rd Armoured Division on the
the German becava valup to abreast of the Fronch Firat Army,
At the
from
The U
Arat attempted the rhagadesantwenty-fram mig" on
fame river which farthes Saum DO YOU the Melso, In Begiam and France, la calor
Becante
Cof the extended! KNOW
Tront
held by the Twenty-firat Arumband
run it was impossible at the
to inunch further strong YOUR zomery army, group, had long
inco, absorbed the B
HONG Beth economy in official expenar KONG?. ture, instead of deeply into the publ
have added that clarettes in Hon Kong will remain con- siderably cheaper than the pride for which they are sold to meet its badili » It in many other countries, to penetrate "oinfo Chfectlost › could then be | that the high Lost,
i takon only, on ground that ment is probably, that factor the financial policy of the contributing moak theimpost | Government needs revision, antly to the cuntmiling, Lair
That the Chorompt should Lonary tendency and the giva
\to | rising, cost of living,.
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