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S Air Force Photo Men of Mars MarE I American paratroopers float from transport planes to assist in the c capture of island off H the coast of Dutch New Guinea The Yanks come to earth cirth right in the middle of t the e l beach ach I landing On the ground are visible le a number of chutes which carried other paratroopers to a safe landing Bloody Battle Baffle for St. St Lo Rages Rage Unabated Allies Seize 4 Villages s. s A Approach pr o ch Lessay Enemy Western D Defense f Anchor By Virgil Pinkley- Pinkley I SH SHAE kE F London July 14 UP The UP-The The American mer c n 1st 1st army drove forward along its entire mile 42 Normandy front Friday in the iVa wake of what was described officially as a gen general Get Ger German man retreat capturing 4 villages and pus pushing g within a little le mo more than a mile of Lessay the na nast a J western defense anchor The grim and bloody b battle tile forSt for St. St Lo central base bane of ot the German German Ger Ger- man line r raged ged unabated but supreme su- su preme headquarters had no inform i m matlon tion later than front reports which said the was wan resumed after a setback atthe atthe at atthe the outskirts of the wrecked town Lt Lit Gen Omar Oman N. N Bradleys whole line hinged on St St. Lo was swinging southward shoving the stubborn Germans ba back k through hedgerows groves and marshes in im slow but steady retreat American control of ot the Atlantic Atlan v tic coast was was' advanced as far south as the mouth of the River Ay wes west of L L Lessay U. U S S. f forces won the area slightly soUthe southeast of t. t St. St Germain sur Ay y 2 miles mUes northwest of Lessay posing a a. new CW threat to that key town against which other forces were pushing down the road from La Haye-Du Haye Puits Stra Straighten Line LineIn LineIn LineIn In the area above where the Americans were l less ss than thai 3 miles fr from r this this' stronghold Bradley's Bradleys Bradleys Bradley's Bradleys Bradley's Brad- Brad leys ley's troops straightened out their line for fora a frontal assault on the town by capturing a numb number i r. r of ot strong points The hamlets of Es Aubris and andLa andLa andLa La about 4 miles mUes u south uth of ot Sainteny and flanking to the northeast fell to th the ad advancing advancing ad doughboys along with Auxais 3 miles miles' of Sam Sam- teny The Americans pushed forward yards alon aIon th the road cI from Sainteny to village the th village 4 miles above Periers La Late e eTh Th Thursday the Germans tried to mount a a- counterattack counterattack- toward Auxais w J but jut were w re turned tUried back handily without slowing dc down wn the American advance Road Center Falls The road center of Les Len Champs Champs- De 7 miles mUes northwest of St. St Lo fell to U. U S. S troops who probed southward beyond it it From Les Len Champs a a. valuable lateral road runs northward through St. St Andre de Bohon to Carentan Its entire length no now was was was' bp open n to the Americans The only activity reported on the British section of ot the Normandy Normandy Normandy Nor Nor- mandy front was an attempt by the Germans to mass mas about 40 tanks for an attack south of Eter- Eter ville southwest of ot C Caen eri en He Heavy vy artillery I fire scattered the tanks before they could get into action At the eastern end of the front the Germans recaptured Colombelles Colombelles Colombelles Colom- Colom belles and St. St Honorine just east of Caen in a counterattack while Lt Gen Sir Miles C C. Dempsey's 2nd British army continued to re regroup regroup xe- xe group for the ne next t stage of ot the allied advance f toward war Paris Parts miles east cast of Caen Front dispatches said sad the latest American advances around St. St Lar La Lo r raised a threat of encirclement and made made- that stronghold ld already pounded into rubble by artillery and bombs untenable Nevertheless Nevertheless less the garrison was not expected to capitulate or abandon abando the town until the Americans capture high ground to the south The Americans gained the highest highest high high- est ridge overlooking St. St La Lo fr from m Continued on Pare Pan Seven Column On OD One inks Push Nazis ck ck on Mile 42 bandy Front j from from- PAge One st with the capture of at the thee theof theof e of L La Semilly while w r forces forces cleaned out all enemy Ira 6 3 and nd north of St Bayeux-St Lo highway and ced seed down the road to within e of the town Already in lean hands was similar high lid d to the northeast of St. St Lo Lothe the Amen Amerl- hade de f faster ter progress Crosse Cross- Cross e river dyer they pushed dely through the woodlands jc e C and captured the thees es Cs of St. St Martin Les Champs- Champs que and Le dAr the latter 6 miles north- north Y f St St. Lo the north bank of the er column reached the outI out- out I of Auxais a village 3 miles cast ast of oC Sainteny er en forces north of U ahead to within 2 miles mUes of cUon that would complete of or the Marais de deI I inundations The western in U n already had captured the theof thet t of Gorges while the east- east nits its were driving around the Tern ern em rim of the marshland the west coast sector the leans cans drove southward to toa a a 1 miles of Lessay and that anchor town by byg byng ng rig g the southern slopes of 2 key to o the entire area Hother column entered St St. Ger- Ger sur jr-Ay 2 miles northwest say saYi and found the village of f enemy troops and bridges a 1 up 1 mile of f St. St Germain also was oct oc- oc d. d ont nt t dispatches said the Gerhad Gerhad Ger- Ger had distributed arms to en- en rs rs artillerymen and signal innel imel north of Lessay in an anI ant t I to bolster the rear guards Ing their retreat The ad- ad was so 50 rapid in this sector iches thea said that the Germans not have time to man a new newe Sc c e line olt d t of the rear guards were Ide ilde squads left behind to tp J the end or surrender since i was s no prospect they could ved the e past 7 days the Americans liberated more than at e e miles mUes of France with their fet nt t advance being S 8 Similes miles in ire nrc river r sector IK e 2nd tactical air force aniseed an an- Ced that ased let t firing Typhoons had ke ked J a building at west of Caen believed to be bean bean roan an headquarters The ruins raked with machine gun fire the destruction Uon brocket Typhoons blasted in n arti artillery ery positions from fromI vel evel on the 2nd arm army front I |