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corps, the 30, out of the With the resources available to Ats, we were confidant that any attack the German might launch could eventually be effectively countered. But wo were under no illusions concerning the Wealt

ness of the VII, Corps line.or the ability of any strong attack to

Twelfth Army Group, apparently to operate against any crossing of the Roer. When the American attacks on that front had to be

Wo agreed that these two divi-

we carefully make deep penetrations through suspended early in December, we sións should immediately begin to ❘ went over the list of reseryes theift. We agreed, therefore, that in

of the Sixth Panzer close in toward the lost track

threatened avaliable to us. Among those the event the German advanco Army and could not locate it by area, the exact destination of each most readily accessible was the should prove to be an all-out any means available. At that to be determined later by Brad- XVIII Airborne Corps under fault we would avoid placement time some Intelligence reports in- ley. This meant postponement of General Ridgway, located near commitment

reservas, "The dicutod af growing anxiety about our weakness in the Ardennes, preparations for the attack in the Reims. It included the 82nd and temptation in such circumstances Saar and we know that General the 101st Airborne Divisions, bath is always to hurl euch individual where we know that the sumy Freewoce highest calibre. The had shortly rapidly as it can be brought up begin to gather

out had le tested formations of the reinforcement date the battle as was increasing his infantry for- was set. on, the new

offensive, mations; Previously he had, like

which he thought would gain before been heavily engaged in to the fine. This habit was a begin to gather up and assemble ourselves, been using that portion

for whatever aculoa of the front in which to rest tired great results. But to Bradley and the fighting in Holland, and were weakness of Rommel's. In the reserves.

me there now appeared to be do not yet fully rehabilitated. More face of a great attack it merely might be indicates as more exact divisions,

veloping the very situation that over, they were relatively weak assures that cach reinforcing information become available to we had felt justine in challengin heavy supporting weapons, but unit da overwhelmed by the us This type of report, however, is always coming from one por- ing because of the location of our these Bradley felt he could supply strength of the advance, We knew

If we should finally Middleton's divisions, employed tion or another of a front, Tha concentrations on the flank of the from the anthreatened portion of that even this fashion in, atop-i dlong the front of the VIU-Carpe

wenk Ardennes front. We had his long line.

succeed in commander who teak counsel always felt the risk to be justified

ping the advance there would be from North to South, were the only of all the gloomy Intelligence

The U.S. 11th Armoured Divi-

nothing available for a decisive 108th Division under Major Gen- estimates would never win a base by the conviction that In emer- tle; he would forever be sitting, ency we could react swiftly. The ion had recently arrived and the counterstroke. On the other oral Alan W. Jones, the 20th DI- to President Truman at the tearfully waiting for the predict critical moment. In our Judgment. 17th Airborne Division was in thet hand, it would be qocessary toýiston under Major General Nor- was now upon us. In addition to United Kingdom ready to come assist the VIII Corps rapidly with man D. Cota, and the sih Division later learned that the man who directing these preliminary moves to the Continent. The 07th Insuficient forces so that it could under, Major General Raymond

army com-fantry Division could also be withdraw its Hoes Bradley alerted, all

The 8th Armoured in orderly D. Barton. predicted the coming of the manders in his group to be ready brought into the area within

fastion and save the bulk of its Division, under Major General fack estimated,' during its criuis,

reasonable time. provide additional units for the

own strength.

John W. Leonard, was also part That the enemy had six or seven

cf Middleton's corps, battle that he expected to de- velop.

PALESTINE PROBLEMS Stress continues to be. laid pn the necessity for an un- swerving policy of co-opera- tion between Britain and the United States to achieve a settlement in Palestine, and this was the purpose of the visit of British Ambassador

end of last week. No em- phasis should, of course, be required, as the threatened crisis is a problem not mere- ly of Palestine but of the peace and security of the Middle East as a whole, in which American interest is

ed entostrophes. In this cute I

divisions of fresh and unused re- serves ready to hurl into the Bght."

In any event the fighting dur- as great as that of Britain..ing the autumn followed the put- tern I had personally prescribed. We remained on the offensive and weakened ourselves where necessary to maintain those offen- gives.

This plan gave the Gor- mun opportunity to launch his atinck against a weak portion of our lines, It giving him that chance is to be condemned by their condemnatioo historians, should be directed at me alone,

The maintenance of tran- quillity in the Middle East has been the constant key- note of British policy ever since, the British Govern- ment assumed the Mandate for Palestine after World War I .and. consequently,

long before the confllet be- tween Jews and Arabs had become acute. This, too, was the British Govern- ment's motive in forging a system of treaties to which the British Government owe their present commitments and Trans- to Egypt, Iraq jordan.

to

Chapter 18 HITLER'S

LAST BID

On December 10, 1944, General Bradley come to my headquarters of discuss ways and means overcoming our acute shortages in infantry replacements. Just as he entered my office a staff officer come in to report slight penetra- tions of our lines in the front of General Middleton's VIII Corps and the right of General Gerow's IV Corps in the Ardennes region. The staff officer located the points on my battle map, and Bradley and I discussed the probabic mcuning.

This

I was immediately convinced that this was no local attack; it was not logical for the enemy to attempt merely a minor offensive in the Ardennes, unless of course it should be a feint to attract our attention while he launched a

elsewhere. major effort

out. On possibility we portious of the front either we were so strong that the Germans could not hope to attack success-

or there was

# Jack of fully.

could major objectives that he reasonably hope to attain."More" over

knew that for a num-

We

we ruled On ether

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It Was

was

to

In the British sector, far to the North, Montgomery was-propar-

CANTONESE BY RADIO

Vocabulary:-

71. (faan),faan 72. (ts'aup) tsaan1

73. (shik) shik

74. (mel) may

(lok) lok

75.

76. (Is'oi) tsoy3 77. (e) yue 78. (ngau),ngau 79. (chek) jek 80. (yuk) yook

BY S.K. LEE

81. (you),yau Useful phrase: (13) "Jung' yee"

Combinations:

Lesson 14

A meal. Food. Rice (cooked).

A meal, Food,

To eat.

Not yet.

A final

finality. Vegetable.

Fish.

-་་

We went over, again, the limit of the penetration that we could, The morning of December 17-11 necessary, permit in that region became clear that the German without Irretrievable damage to attack was in great strength..Two ourselves. This line covered the gaps were torn through our live, cities of Luxembours, and Sedan one on the front of the 100th on the South, followed the Meuse Division, the other on the front River on the West, and govored or tho 28th. Reports were con- Linge on the North, Farther bück jusing and exact Information was than this we would not go, and inòagre, but it was clear that the We would of course step the enemy was employing consider- enemy earlier if possible.

able armour and was progressing

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ST. VITH

MORSCHAU

POERMANI

&

VII CONES À

ACHEN

LIFOR

NAMUR

particle

expressing

"DINANT

MARCHÉ

☛ LAROCHE

ROCHEFORT

ST.HUERAT

BASTOGNE

KYLANDEN

LIBRAMONT

{WILTZ

An ox, A cow. A steer,

Clasafner for animats, birds, and

Meat. Flesh.

some parts of the body.

Oll. Fat.

To like

To eat a meal. (Chinese)

Have eaten meal. (Chinese)

Have eaten a meal. (European)

One fish.

1.

Shik foan

2.

Shik tsaan1

To cat a meal. (European)

3.

Shik jaw* faan

4.

Shik jaw tsaan"

5.

Yut' tecooyue

6. Yut! jek ngau

One ox. One cow,

7.

Ngau yook

Boot,

8.

Ngauyau

Butter.

Sentences:

1. Nay shik jaw,faan Have you had your meal yet?

,may aha?

"It is common knowledge that but for-the existence of Britain's treaties with Egypt and Iraq it would have been possible for the Axis powers in the late war to gain con- trol of the entire North Afri- can littoral, to control the Levant and encircle Turkey: it is even doubtful whether, but for the British position in Egypt and Iraq, it would have been possible to assure Allied access to the oil of Persia and Iraq. The motive which prompted this policy remain the same today. It is of paramount importance not only to British security but to that of Western Union and of all democratic States that the Middle East should be preserved from the threat of aggression and from in- ternal strife. Always there-ber of days German troop strength fore it has been the policy in the Ardennes area had been of the British Government gradually increasing. to attempt to bring about an

through this some region that the Germans launched their great at- understanding between Arabs

trek of 1940 which drove the and Jews and since the out- British forces from the Contin- break of fighting to restore ent. and Franco out of the war, That, first attack was led by the peace.

Dr. Chaim

same commander: we were now Weizmann,

It way facing, Von Rundstedt. President of Israel, in a press

possible that he hoped to repeat interview last week, appeal his successes of more than four: 4.-,Nay jung' yee shik ed to the British public to

We had always carlior. years

before the / help in the achievement of been convinced

Germans, acknowledged dual de peace and reconciliation in

feat in the West they would 'nt- Palestine. To this it is re tempt one-déšporate' counteroffen- plied in London that so far from pursuing a "pro-Arab"ley and me that they were now policy the British Govern- ment have co-operated loyal. ly in carrying out the Secur- ity Council's arms, embargo which, through the cutting off of normal supplies of Arab countries at A time when the embargo was be ing constantly violated in the interests of the Jews, has, in fact, operated strongly in favour of the Jews and against the Arabs...

But the British view today

sive.. It seemed likely to Brad-

starting this kind of attack.

On the North of the critical re gion General Hodger' First Army, in its attack against the Rodr dams, had as yet engaged only On the South of -fotir. divisions, the Ardonnees front· General, Patton was still 'concentrålingʻand' preparing far the renewed attack against the Saar which was to begin December 19,

calculations as to German Inten- VIII Corps front,, providing our tions should prove correct,

2. Ngaw shik jaw faan

lok,

I have had my meal.

3. Ngaw may shik faan. I haven't had my meal yet.

mee' yeh neh1?

What do you like to eni?

5. „Ngaw jung yee shik ko to cat fish and vegetables,

yue, jung1 yee' shik tsoy3.

6. Nay jung yee* yook mah1?

7. Ngaw hoh jung1 yee"

ngau" yook.

8: Nay jung m jung

yee" ngau yau neh1?. 9. Ngawm jungt yee.

ngau you.

DO YOU KNOW

Bradley and I were sufflelently convinced that "a"major" aitucic was developing against the centre of the Twelfth Army Group to is that the threat to pentestrength from both flanks toward *to bugin" shifting some and security both locally and te

the "Ardelings” sector. This was a in the Middle East comes preliminary move-rather a pre- from the unprovoked attach caution-made it order to sup of the Jews-as attested by port the 75 mile length of the Dr. Bunche, in his report to the Security Council-and that questions of sympathy for Jew or Arab must be We called a Aumber of the secondary to the wider quesream; among allem were Air Chief SHAEF" stolt ́into our conferênce; tion of maintaining peace in Marshal Tedder, and Generals the Middle East and vin emith Harold R. Bull, and dicating the authority of the Stor that on asch Bank of the The operational maps United Nations. In these showad

Ardennes circumstances the only poses roured division, wark out bulk of a United sible policy for the British of the front lines and could be Government is to rango moved quickly. On the North cognits where themselves solidly behind was the 21 Armd wund Division this picture was the resolutions of the Secur commanded by Major Coneral taken!" The ity Council. This calls for Robers.W. Hasbroucks. In Pate awer is In Pag"

tea's army guthe Souls was the seven.

a supreme effort. In support

YOUR HONG

mapa KONG?

19th Armoires Divialon, under

of peace and American co- Major General William H. Morris, operation.

Can you're

Do you like beef?

I like licet very much.

Do you like butter?

I don't like butter,

HOUFERLIZE

PHICORPS

THE ARDENNES

DEC.J6.1944

HODGES' FIRST ARMY FRONT

...L

One factor that catised us rapidly to the Westward. All In spiciul concern, ever anxiety. telligence agencies, of course was the weather....For some days worked tirelessly and we soon had our great air force had been a very good picture of the' gen- grounded because of clouds and feral strength of the German at- Impenetrable fog. The air force tack.

was one of cur greatest assets, and

now.. until weather im-

the

For the assault Von Rundstedt As long as the weather kept, our were the Futur and Sixth. Panzer planes on the ground it would be. Armies and the Seventh Army, on ally of the enemy worth many Included were ten Panzer and additional divisions.

proved, t

It was.proctically useless. concentrated three armies, Thera

Panzer Grenadier divisions and The whole force, totalled twenty- Following the conference, Brad-four divisions with their sup

support- ley returned to his own headquaring troops: Some of this informa ters in the city of Luxembourg, ton did not become. available whence he kept in almost hourly, until later in the battle, but by contact with me by telephone the evening of the seventeenth during the next few critical days, Intelligence agencies had ident!- Bed seventeen divisions and were Bradley's Brst task was to bring certain that at least twenty were up reinforcements to help in, the involved in the operation. withdrawal of the VIII Corps. In

the

both meantime

Bradley's headquarters and my own would|-

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