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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1949.
THE SIXTY-SIXTH INSTALMENT,
CRUSADE IN EUROPE
to
Wa
two
į
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's
-
Own Story Of The War In Europe
promiso it held that, once the general in command American attack began, it would artillery of the 40th advance with great speed.
Late he took
unfortunate that service, it was
#
over
icularly because of hostile artillery Aro upon their floating bridges and because, of destruction in tho city of Julich, caused by our worial and artillery bombardment. The advancing unita had to pasa through this city, and in order to got vehicles through, it was first, necessary to bring up bulldozers to shove a path through the heaps of the rubble. Major General Charles H. Division. Gorhardt's 20th Division, veterans Both of the Normandy assault in the tho
of
CANTONESE BY RADIO
BY SIK LEE
near the Erft
a poriod of days in a heavy siege. The German forces in the area the quick capture had the effect were now feeling the effect of the of providing us with additional powerful converging attack and divisions to exploit other victories While Collins VII Compe was began to retreat toward the Rhine,
great advances By March 3, Simpson's left corps, making the the XVI, had joined, the Canadian forward, Hodges launched the III and
and was Corps Sou
South
Eastward toward the driving toward the river. The Rhine. The III Corps reached that whole area was rapidly cleared of river at
12
DA
March 7. of those of war which,
As soon as the First and Third Armies had joined forces at. Hout- falize on January 16, 1945, Mont- gomery returned to speelde pre- paration for the first of those throo attacks. West of the Rhino Editor Reporters & General Office 32312 the Siegfried Line extended South- ward from the confluence of that (four lines).
river with the Maas, down to in- clude the defences of the Soar Basin. Immediately South of the Soar a fow Gorman dotachments remained in the Alsace plain,
South while farther
I visited General Simpson's Division during the hard fight- preceding June, performed splen plagued by the Colmar pocket.
Ninth Army during this period ing Just following the breakout didly as did the 30th, 102nd, and In January, with the Germana and found it keyed up and well in late July. His leadership of 84th Divisions, also in the initial recoiling from their disastrous
prepared for the attack. If Simp- that division was so outstanding commanded by Major Generals assault. These three divisions were BEVIN POLICY IN
in the Ardennes. son ever made adventure
a mistake as an] that whon General Corlett, comm turned my attention again to PALESTINE
Colmar. The existence this army commander, it never cama manding the XIX Corps, suffered Leland S. Hobbi, Frank A. Kent-
to my attention. After the war I breakdown in health, McLaining, an
and Alexander R. Bolling Tomorrow's debate in the German position in a
sensitive learned that he had for some years was advanced to command of that respectively. In spite of delays was quickly able to begin its lines had always suffered from a serious stomach corps. The cantra corps of Simp- Simpson's forces made fine pro-Southward attacks, and from that House of Commons puts Mr. part of our
irritated me and I determined disorder, but this I nover would son's army was the XIII under gress, partially as a result of the moment on success attended us Beyin to a severe test in that it was to be crushed without have pected during boatliffier. Minter General Alvan C. Gulam prioransfer of German-forces anywhern lang the front Justification of his Middle day, to Frouch First Ary Alert, intelligent, and
From this front to the Canadian The VII profes
Corpa 4rt overcame attacks against it on
the
Leg Jr. East policy. The decision to
Atonally capable, he was the type In the days following upon the battlefield. In less than a week the
heavy opposition twentieth of January but these send British forces to Aqaba handicapped by bad weather, made of loader that American soldlore Canadian attack in the North the Ninth Army captured Munchen- Canal. It continual a spectacular do little except Gladbach. This was the "largest advance and on March 6 was on in response to King Abdul-ttle progress. There were two deserve. In view of his brilliant Americans could lah's request was probably French corps. surrounding the shortly after the war il-health watch the river and be ready to Carman city we had captured in the outskirts of Cologne. We had calculated that thứt city would be. defensible in itself. but its | pocket, but in my determination to forced his rotiromont before he attack as soon as receding floods the war up to this time.
permitted the bridging of that While going into the city with stubbornly defended, as Anchen coincidence with other get rid of this annoyance once and
the hastily moves, a naval concentration for all i gave additional strength wh promoted to four-star grade, obstacle. It was two weeks after Simpson, shortly after its capture, had beest. However,
he had so clearly
General-Cromar's Canadian, began I saw my first jet plane. It was a trained and astonished-defending to Devers so that he could support Simpson's army comprised three the attack that this became poss-German fighter, flying very high. troops were by no means the equal at Malta, the sending of Bri- the French with an entire United
In the of those we had met earlier in the tish aircraft over the Israeli-States corps of four divisions. He corps. The XVI, under Major ble. Simpson set his attack for the Every anti-aircraft sun
General J. B. Anderson, was on morning of the twenty-third. area immediately opened intensive campaign. By the afternoon of Egyptian battleground, and assigned the XXI Corps under the left. On the right was the Preceded by a violent bombard-fire and within a few seconds the seventh of March. Collins has
Major Gonerai Frank W. Milburn the withdrawal of British task, with the 3rd, 28th, and XIX under Major General Rayment, the Ninth Army got off na fragments of exploded shells were taken over the whole of the city. technicians from Haifa, gave 75th Infantry Divisions and the National Guard officer who had ing the river. Initially the troops time in the war I put on a steal corps would be engaged there for mond S. MoLain. McLain was scheduled and succeeded in cross-dropping around us. For the only Since we had estimated that his a most unfortunate impres-French Gth Armoured Division. sion. The suggestion has Later the 12th Armoured Division entered the war es a brigadier encountered great difficulties, part- heimet. been of a concerted plan of and French 2nd Armoured Divi
sion were also used in the
XXI action against Israel, which
Corps zone. With the American was probably not intended,
the the corps s pearhead, but which created a needless French corps and the American risk of serious misunder attacked simultaneously. German defences quickly disintegrated. Col- standing. These are
mar surrendered February 3 and points which Mr. Churchill
b the ninth of the mouth such in his attack | Germans as survived in that re will develop
driven across the upon Mr. Bevin's policy and glon had been the Foreign Secretary will Rhine, In this operation the enemy suffered more than 22,000 casual- require some convincing ar-
ties and heavy losses in equipment. Vocabulary:- to
his guments
appease
In the planned campaign against critics. No-one denies the the German forces Weat of the right of British aircraft to Rhine the first attack was to be
carried out by the Canadian Army 82. (chan) jun fly over Sinai, but what is
of the Twenty-first Army Group, legitimate is not always and the U.S. Ninth Army, tom- 93. (tang) dung
Mr. prudent.
Henderson, porarily attached to Montgomery,
were to attack 94. (ts'oh) tsaw the Air Minister, has urged The Canadiane that the reconnaissance was ordered in consequence of
(wan) wun' American disquiet over the developing situation on the Egyptian border, but there is no suggestion that the Egyptian Government had
In this region were some of the requested the assistance of best combat troops the enemy had Combinations: the RAF under the Anglo- remaining to him. They included 1. Egyptian Treaty of 1938. To which men and units had been 2.
First Paratroop Army," "in git] have done 50 would have trained to a high degree of skili knocked out, the 'substance and
hardihood,
additional 3. Gay shee? ATT of the continual plea for the dimoulty u Simpson's front son 4. Neejun,shee. withdrawal of all British the enemy's continued possession of the Roer dams, through which forces from Egyptian soll.
5. Gaw,jun,shee. he was enabled to prevent success- Even if such a request hadful assault across the Roer River. been made there was a dubi- Bradley therefore ordered Hodges 6. Dung yut1 Jun.
First Army to capture the dams 7. Taing" tsaw. ous case for complying with it; and American alarm at the earliest possible date. The attack against them was launched
hed 8. Wun should have suggested call by the y Corps on February tion rather than recklessness. After hard fighting the The dispatch of British Army captured them on February 9. Wun* tscen*, troops to Aqaba comes into the ve en our door bewuse 10. Ngun hong.
different category. Having the Germans blocked the spillway
were not withdrawn British troops gates in auth position as to insure Conversation: from Palestine, no move that overflow from the reservoirs
A. Nay wun2 bean' gaw* which remotely suggested would keep the river at flood stage
for some days, the possibility of renewed
As Montgomery bogan` prepar- involvement could earn Mr. Ing for his offensive he naturally B. Bevin the thanks of the Bri-wanted the US. Ninth Army
strength. He recommended thaf
South and South East across
91.
Lesson 16.
(shi) shee
the Ninth Army would ersas the Roer Mans River, while Simpson's 95. to advance North Eastward. This 96. (haang) haang would bring a converging effort
(hong) hong the defending forces and drive them rapidly back to the 97. (tsau), dzau Rhine.
hals
dams
4
over becausS
1
away
Shee shee... You,shee.
yun.
Time.
A moment.
To wait. Class. Grade.
To sit.
To look for. To seek
To walk. To gỗ. To move.
A building. A firm.
Soon. Then. Thus
Always. Sometimes. When?
** This moment of time. At pre-
sent
That_moment of time. When.
Then..
To wall a moment. Please take a seat.
To look for somebody.
To visit somebody.
To make money.
Bunk.
He has gone to the bank, (and)
hasn't come back yet.
ah"?
Whom do you want?
多
Ngaw wun tscen scen1 shaang!
I want Mr. Tseen.
A.
Kui bul" jaw ngun hong.
May faan1 lai Kui gay3 „shee faạn1 lal neh1?
When will he be back?
He will be back soon.
Please wait a moment.
'lok'.
keep the enemy's forces from the Northern sector. More A. Kui dzau faan lai Important than this, I was very **** anxious to push the American lines forward in the Ardennes rogión so that when the time should come
to participate in major destructive attacks the troops would be in excellent position from which to A. start the move, I was sure that we could gain the line I wanted. with put interfering with the timely build-wo of the Ninth Army.
Tsing? nay dung" yut' . jun lah1. Ngaw moh shee gaan, I have no time (and) M dungkul lok.
M goy nay wah kul jeo1
tish people. The fact re-built up to the greatest possible mains that Britain is bound Bradley be ordered to stop attack- by treaty to King Abdullahing with the First and
Third and he appears to have in-Armies through the Ardennes voked, this treaty. If it is region so as to save: troops for concentration farther to be assumed that he was greater
North. I declined to do this. Iwas B. moved by genuine anxiety certain that the continued attacks about the situation, obvious in the Ardennes would tehd to ly by backing out on any pretext we should have des- troyed the last vestige of confidence in British policy in the Middle East from the viewpoint of the Arabs. It needs to be borne in mind that negotiations for an arg mistice between Israel and Transjordan were broken off by the Israeli Government. Moreover there is a general the proper timing for his initial - Montgomery and I agreed on election in Palestine early in altack. Originally we had wanted February and if Mr. Beigin to make aimultaneous assault by and his friends were to come the Canadians and Americana,
A. into power a move against both of whom could be ready to
attack by February 10. However, B. ruled out, as a possibility, neither Montgomery nor I fall Transjordan could not be it wise to wait until the dood On the other side, King Abatore of the Roer receded. He dullah's refusal to break the preposed, and I approved, that the truce by sending the Arab quickly as possible,
Canadian attacks should begin as aven If # Legion to the ald of the period of two weeks or more had to Egyptian Army in the Negev intervene before the American has roused the Egyptians to Army could foln in the operation. animosity and he might fear February 8. Te minde satisfactory KNOW
The Canadian Army jumped off reprisals from that quarter. Initial gains but the troops quickly It is particularly exasperat found themselves involved in.a ing of course that troubles qungmirer of flooded and muddy
YOUR of this kind should have boll-ground and pitted against heavy ed up just when the pros costly
resistance, Progress was slow and
and
-I shall not walt for him,
Please tell him (that)
I am looking for him
Very well.
ngaw wun2 kui lah1 Hoh* lah1.
M goynay A. Hoh wah fok
Thank you.
Not at all,
DO YOU
opposition became HONG
neets for a compromise set-iffer on the Germans began to tlement became brighter. in their forces from the Boor Nothing concrete has yet into the sath of the Canadian adKONG? emerged from the Rhodes vance Montgomery was not too dlaplained" be this transfer of negotiations, but the great German weight because of the thing is that they have not broken down, and Dr Bunche, the United Nations tain, Mr. Bavin would have "médiátor," remains optimistle borne a grievous burden of about the ultimate results. responsibility, Happily, -^1ť Had the chance of peace | no longer seems likely that been lost as a result of the ovente will shape themselves ill-judged activities of Bri, quite so badly as that.
decins you::roj cognise whore this picture, was taken? TRUMMA wwar in 16 Beven
the enemy. In this battle, because of the proximity of the defending when quickly and armly grasped,
Gormans to their bridges over the Rhine, we did not succeed in cap-
the
effect produce incalculable
ол
turing same proportions #that
at future operations. The assaulting
we did in later-assaults.
Americans
found the Ludendorff
the Rhine was
With the Rhine's West bank Bridge over the cleared in the
tor 31
became smery's
see-standing at 'Remagen. task
The Germans had, of course,
to prepare for an early assault made elaborate advance prepara- across the river. For that operations to destroy the Rhine bridges, tion ho would need
Ludendorf Bridge was no greater/The strength than
the Twenty-first exception. However, an rapid was could possibly pro- the advance of the American troops Consequently I directed the and so great was the confusion Army to remain attached created among the defenders that to him. As those forces turned indecision and doubt overtook the their attention to preparation for detachment responsible for detona
under the the crossing, events to the South- tion of the charges ward ware proceeding remarkably bridge. Apparently the defenders well.
could not believe that the Ameri
When
Simpson began his as-cans had arrived in force and sault on February 23 it was the possibly feit that destruction of signal for Bradley, in the centre the bridge should be delayed in of our long line, to begin a series order to permit withdrawal of of attacks which were brilliantly German forces which were still
West of the river in strength. managed and swiftly conducted. He then had two armies under his The 8th Armoured Division, operational command, the First on under General Leonard, was lead..
bridgo the left, the Third on the right. log the advance toward the
ལས * Without hesitation
gallant do. As a result of the late January tachment of Brigadier General and early February fighting along William M. Hoge's Combat Com- the fronts of these two armles
they
had
"g" rushed the bridge and
from which to make a major a destruction, although one small Secured good positions served it against complete
sault. Bradley's first move was
made by Hodges, whe
zont ford. ward the VII Corps, the left of This Firut
with Simpson simultaneously
attack. The Bradley.
first
mission the
of
under the bridge was ex-
This news was reported to
It happened that SHAEF staff officer was in Brod- when the and discussion
VII Corps was to support Simpson's right as the ley's headquarters Ninth
Army moved to the assault news arrived,
to the Success in this move would tend to at once took place as
amount of force that should be uncover the right flank of the pushed across the bridge. If Germans to the Southward and as quickly as this happened
If the
and bridgehead force was too small
B
VII Corps was to turn to its right it would be destroyed through to attack the Germans in flank, quick concentration of German strength on the East side of the The remainder of Hodges' army,
facing Fastward, would then take river. On the other hand, Brad- up the aasault, Still farther to the realised that if he threw a South Patton would then begin to large force across he might inter- attack in the effort to cut off and tore with further development surround the Germans and to at my basic plan. Bradley in- capture or destroy them in place. stantly telephoned me.
Everything went like clockwork, The VII Corps, en Simpson's right,
PORT
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