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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1949.
THE SIXTY-THIRD INSTALMENT;
CRUSADE IN EUROPE
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Own Story Of The War In Europe
togne, both for the garrison Itself | and for the relldving troops."'.
i had planned to go to see Montgomery on the twenty-third bu air travel in the rear areas was still not advisable and travel by road was slow and uncertain. It was unwise: for me to leave
· headquarters on a trip that. „might keep. mo absent for several days. Fortunately telephone, and
On New Year's Day, 1 replied: You need have no fear as to my contemplating the establishment of a ground deploty. Ginčo receipt For your telegram! I have looked up the articlear in the British papers to which you staferðir:Our present difficulties are being
Used by a a cortain group of papers and their correspondents to advocate something that they have always wanted but which is not inget baille.. From that moment on about the fallure of their Luft-radio communteations with botli a sound organisation. In the pre-ward, with some interruptions waffe and the terror and des him and Bradley, remained satis sent care the German attack did owing to bad weather our battle traction caused by the Allied air factory and I was able to keep in close touch with tho, situation: not involve: an army group boun- tested ground-air-tactical term forcese e së
Nevertheless, 1. decided to make
dary but camo exactly into the began to function with its ac
air On the twenty-sixth Patlon at la night run by railway to Bruss
WAK
contro of a single group command. Customed efficiency The The emergency change in comfores bombed sensitive spots in last succeeded in getting a small sels: to see Montgomery and to communications column Into, Bastogne, but, he did | rolurn immediately upon com- mand arrangements that is, the the German
19 system," attacked columna paritha | solbyng narrow neck along his pletion of the conference. - Thu placing of pre max fit charge of code and caught out and prportale dans that gave us only ruce ratnacted
scnfact with Montgomery Roode yed to as every significant move carious commection with the bebombed by: the Germans on the were so bad the cutomuute the situation, sines the peneira. of the hostilo forces. German foagured garrison. It was after night of the twenty-sixth, but travel was impossible and our tion was of such depth that Brad-prisoners taken thereafter in that date that the really hard another was hurriedly rande up trian had la. proceed by in long ley could no longer command both | variably
bitterly fighting developed around Bas- and I got away on the twenty" | roundabout, condary linaal flanks, while the only reserves that could be gathered on the North flank had to be largely British. Consequently single con1- trol had to be uzorelsed:'on: the 'North and on the South; Y!
The real significance of theplacing
the decision of **** the Sun Fo Cabinet to invite the Com- munist leaders to agree to an immediate cease-fire and to a peacé conference resides in the enthusiasm with which the announcement has been received throughout the This spirit doos country. not embrace any warmth of welcome of the idea that the outcome, at best, can only be a Communist-dominated coalition government, but it accepts it, and on the basis that anything must be better than stubborn persistence in à suicidal civil war. Today's At Any slogan is Peace Price.
The defence of Bastogne was not only a spoctacular feat of arms but had a great effeck.upon the outcome of the battle. Has- togno lay in the general path of the sector of advance of the Ger- man Firth Panzer Army: The orders of that army; we later found, directed that Bastogne be by-passed If defended: and that the leading troops rush on to the West and then swing. North : to join in the major attack,
December 17 the there are still those who XVIII Airborne Corps with its would continue the struggle.two divisions had been released to General Bradley and directed It can he taken for granted toward. Bastogne, it was not in that if the Cabinet's decision anticipation of the battle thui but has the approval of President developed in that area
merely because Chiang Kai-shek it is only such an excellent
Bastague was road centre. because the rising tide of Troops directed there could later publle opinion in all walks be dispatched by the commander of political and commercial on the spot to any region he troopa life has literally forced the fund desirable. These
were pushing toward - the front Generalissimo to adopt a
the eighteenth on
when the policy diametrically opposed situation become so serious on to his personal wishes. He the Northern front that General diverted the leading might have made his will Bradley
division, the 2nd, toward the proval had he at any time left, but the 101st continued on been able to demonstrate to its original destination in Bos- that in the Nationalist armies togne. It began elming. In there on the night of December 18. there remained some reserve During that night and on the of toughness capable yet of nineteenth, while the Garmans stopping the Communists in ware occupying themselves with their stride. But here too isolated
the detachroats of. the record is bleak. If the defensive line, the division pre troops that manned the origioni Generalissimo had retained pared to defend Bastogne. At any convictions, he failed to the time of the Verdun con show the courage of them.ference on the morning of the Orders for the main strength whether Bastogne was get sur- nineteenth, we did not know of the Chinese Air Force and rounded, but the strength and of the Navy to proceed to direction of advance of German Taiwan may have been in troops in that
that: It quickly would ba fended to show determina-
Consequently the 101st Division tion to carry on the war to the last ditch: its immedi- prepared for all-round defence,
and although ate effect was to give fresh armoured divisions of the
the assaylung
Ger stimulus to the defeatist at- mans bypassed it to participate titude already prevalent in in the affack to the North...West, the two main centres of poll- the division was under constant tical activity. Nanking and Shanghai. The utter col- lapse of the Huai River de- fences and the fall of Peng front of the German attack re pu was all that was requir-mained critical for some days.
In Nanking, of Course, When on
1.
pressure from
-area
indicated
other German
units from that moment onward until rellevad,
The situation on the Northern
General Collins; with his VII
splash ĪRAMPA
ed to complete the picture On December 21 the remnants of the 7th Armoured Division of lamentable failure.
What, the outcome now
and its supporting detachments were, withdrawn from-their-\ex» will be remains in the realms posed position near St. Vith after of guesswork. The surren- they had withstood the day be der of the Sun Fo Cabinet fore a terziile assult from over- whelming forces Fighting on to the inevitable is by 'no- the Northern flanke, bontinued means complete. The Com-desperate on the succeeding! days. munists have not had an op- | As soon as "Montzomeib", took portunity of indicating the charge: he begate organise an Arnarican force to lead to later nature of their response to
counter-offchalve on that ɗlank, the overture, but they may
nitentic well feel there is something Corps, was selected for this task lacking in sincerity of ap but for some days, as rapidly proach by a Governments divisions could be assigned to which accompanies peace | him they were sucked to the feelers with arrangements battle to prevent enemy advances for the removal of official at critical points, man, any archives (and officials) to Fighting kept up on this scalo other parts of the country. until the twenty-sixth, and from Authoritative sources suggest ef. thallo. German was going
ast avaliable evidenta tdppear very strongly the intention to make at least one more great of establishing a Nationalist effort to break through our lines capital in Canton, and if this in thatoroglod: fron9, DETAL means the possibility of an
On the South Bradley had got attempt to create down off his tattack on the morning of South headquarters for a December 22 Progress, was new anti-Communist regime, extrariety How pad because of the likelthood of the Red the snowchoked: roads and fields manoeuvres laverehülfficult; 4. The leaders entering upon peace initial attacki was made by the hegotiations is, scant indeed. | III Corps, in which were the No clearer picture can be 4th Armoured Division with, the 80th and 20th Divisions. It Was expected to emerge for sev-the kind of lighting that General eral days! Nothing has yet Patton distinctly dislikod. It was developed beyond Nanking's slow, laborious going," with " "a admission of defeat in a civil sudden bakfirough an impor Several times during
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BY S.K. LEE
Imitative combinations:
(1) "Gah feh"" (2) "Saam mun jeo"
Combinations:
1. Shik yech1.
Lesson
3 mAce 21
2. Yuthau yeen1 dzai*. 3. Yum cha.
4 Yul gaw* booit.
5. Yut bool chat
6. Tsing tsing*.
7. Tseng yum*."
Conversation:
+
Smoke. Tobacco,
A son. Small (an auxillary)
Mouth. Entrance.
Classifier for nails; cigarettes.
To drink.
Tea. Water.
A cup.
A plais.
4.
Request. Please.
Invite. Engage. Employ. Hire.
Coffee.
Sandwiches.
To smoke.
One elgarette.
To drink. toa. One cup.
One cup of tea;
Good-bye.
To invite to a feast.
A.```Ngdw-hui yum cha. I am going - for-tes.
Nay hui mah ?
B. Ngawm huj lok3, Nay hul lah.
Deem gaaye nay m hu neh?
going?
seventh.
the way to Hasselt, whero £ met Montgomery. He gave me the The trip was further com-detolla of the recent atiacim plicated by the extraordinary against the Northorn line, show fears entertained by the Securityed me the position of his general Corps that enemy murderers were reserve, and sold that he was elreulating in the area with the again beginning to nasemble Col- hope of killing Montgomery, lins' corps, with which to initiate Bradley,' and 'me, and possibly the Aliled offensive from the others
He intended to The report was astonish-Northern flank. Ing For several months I had drive in the general direction of been driving overywhere around Houffalize, France with no more protection
then that provided by an orderly At that meeting we had no and an alde who habitually rodu positive information that indicat- in the car with me. The story od a German Intention to cease was brought to me on December his allacks in the North, Mont- 20 by a very agitated American gommety was cerain from Infor colcnel who was certain that..benation available
to him--and
had complete and positive..proot this information was correct at of the existence of such a plot, the time it was received--that intended to makd He outlined it in great detail and the German his conclusions were supported at least one more full-blooded by other members of the Security attack against the Northern line, was confident of Staff, I discounted the murder | Montgomery theory but agreed to move my beating off this attack and he quarters closer to headquarters. wanted to get his reserve ·ready to follow in on the heels of the I had bon living in the town of St. Germain, in in house which Germans as they were repulsed. Von Rundstedt had previously This plan, of course, would seizo occupied--was convinced that the best possible conditions un- the Germans had too much need dor which to initiate a great of their men to use them in counterblow, the only difficulty roaming over a wide area in with it being that its timing de- search of their intended victims pended upon the action of the 1 discussed with him rach of whom could presumably enemy.
be replaced, I was Irritated at the possibility that the, German.. the insistence of the Security might not attack ngain in the Corps that I definitely circum North but he felt that this was the scribe my freedom of movement, a practical certainty If but I found that unless, I con enemy should not renew the a formed reasonably to their desault, Montgomery sald, ho could sires they merely used more men for protective: measures:
use, the time in reorganising, re equipping, and refreshing his troops, At that tits the first Consequently I promised to tak was lo make sure of the in- mova.out of headquarters only togrity of our Northernlin when necessary, provided they. The German was still far Sotil would cut down protective de of any area in which he could tachments, to the utmost, so that cause us major damage and the soldiers.", could be used on the only thing we had to fear was battle line and not in tralling a clean break-through by fresh me around. They promised that troops arriving on that front," this . period of watchfulness'
would terminate December 23, We agreed that the best thing hut when I started to Brussels to do in this situation
was:.. to
on December 27, I found the rall strengthen the front, roorganise way' station · swarming with units, and get thoroughly ready Military Police and armed een for a strong counterblow, in the tries. Isharply queried the meantime constantly preparing Are you security officers about this use to beat off any German. attack of men but they assured me that that might be launched, We they had-merely assembled in the agreed also that it no such Ger- station - Individuals., who wore man attack was launched: Mont- normally on. duty in that vicinity, romery would being his own of- However, after we were
well fonsive on the morning of started on our journey I found January-3- thut a squad of soldiers was ac- (companying me Atrevory stop. In the outcome there was no and these were frequent becausa further German attack because of difficulties with ice-and-now-of-e charge--in-enemy plans banke these men would- Jump which concentrated his troops in out of the tain, and take up on the Bastogne area. The Allied | alert position to protect us.
1 remarked to the junior of ficer in charge of the detail that I would consider it miraculous If any ambitious German-mur derer could determine in "advanco that he would find his prospec- ive victim on a particular rall way train,, at a given
I am not going. You go.
Why don't you go?
1.
B. Yun wai ngaw moh
tscen
Because I have no money.
lah, Ngaw tseng Let's go. này.
I will invite you.
་་ ིི་
ئے
Seen! shaang), yeeous. What do you want, sir? mee yeh ah*?-
A. Yut bool cha, yut1
bool gah' fehr, leung deep saam1 mun lec.
r
A cup of ten, a cup of coffee, and
two plates of sandwiches.
W. Mut yeh saam1 mun What kind of sandwiches?
jee neh1?
2
A. Ngau yook saam mun Beef sandwiches.
心
Shlk yeen' lah1. Ngaw sheeoo shik yeen1.
Have a cigarette.
I don't smoke. (I seldom smoke)
..
A. Yee gah, took deem Now, it is six o'clock.
jung!.
gaw yeeoo faan ook! I must return home. kay, lok Tsing: tsing.
tsing
B. Tsin
war for the start of which thoscoures of this attack Gene PAYOU
KNOW YOUR HONG
the Government mastas Patton called me to express his sume the greatest share of disappointinent because he could responsibility. And it go no fastor; at the Verdun con- ference on the morning of tho perhaps typical that the ad-nineteenth he had Implied, or mission should come at the even predicted, that he would moment when bargaining get into. Bastogne in his first power has declined to its he was advancing I was quito Furb. · I`repiled' that: pa- long as lowest bbb. For the mass satisfied. He was doing exactly! of China's people today, what expected" angles although : KONG) however, Nanking's predicat know that his early sellacks ment is a matter of indiffer-divisions of bederman Beverth were" montilig 'only', thas defensivéi ence. Their sole Interest Army terrain shif almatie, 904) lies in the earlysi términation ditions we so bad that" W. Thier of hostilities and the bring- advance could not be expected. {Ing" of "remaining issues to a† Ono di,” the breaks in Kour hond, without particular re-favour occurred on December 13, ference to the mode or man- This was inden,
clearing alicho argall iner in which the ultimate forward areas which reler (our solutionch exprefsodi “ ale--forces to plungu" into “ thu
"Bognise wh this plature takanz” The”
Seven.
Good-bye. Good-bye.
mdment,
troops the Northern flank used the intervening time to good adv vantage and on the morning: ot January 3 passed over to the of fonsive, in accordance with the plan adopted December 28.
..1, returned to my, own head- quarters on By that time the security people the twenty-ninth.
that
at a given spot in Europe. I told were beginning to belleve him to keep his men inside and their fear, of the murder scheme to avoid exposing them to the had been exaggerated: While bitter cold. Ho agreed in prin- with greater security measures they continued to aurround" mé ciple but so greatly impressed than they had employed before was he by the strictness the
orders he had received that the beginning of the offensiv doubt that I saved any of the my headquarters without a whole I could at least now depart from men from useless and futile ac platoon of: MPs riding in acconis [tivity...... C
panying jeeps and scout caround
1
It was almost noon on them the mo twenty-eighth before I made
To Be Continued
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