Show Radio Reports Say Citizens Join In Huge Celebration NEW YORK Aug 25 UP UP- UP Radio nacHo Paris said Friday that the German garrison In Paris had surrendered to the allies with nith all their arms and equipment LONDON Aug 25 Paris WI-Paris W Paris appeared to be in allied hands Friday Fri Fri- Fri 1 day night with the French Second armored division operating in the city Fighting however still was waa going on in and around the French capital Gen Eisenhower's supreme command command com corn mand declared that Brig Gen Jacques le Ie Clerc's armor was operating operating op op- op- op crating in the capital and a broadcast broadcast broadcast broad broad- cast from Eisenhower's headquarters spoke of the liberation of Paris as a fact As fighting continued t the h e eFrench French forces of the interior appealed appealed appealed ap ap- ap- ap pealed by radio for Parisians to come tc to the barricades Broadcasts from the City of Light said the joyous citizenry al already already already al- al ready were celebrating their free free- dom Other radio dispatches said American troops had entered the city in support of the French Lt Gen Joseph Pierre Koenig commander of the French forces of the interior announced at p. p m. m that Le Clerc's tanks were operating in the very heart of the rj r and th t patriots were Ver holding all the mal main official buildings buildings build build- i ings gs and nd most of the highways high t It the d the Germans had had barricaded themselves for a standoff standoff standoff stand stand- off fight in several places He declared de de- de- de dared that first French armored patrols reached F F FI I headquarters in the Hotel de Ville city hall just off the Due de Rivoli at 10 p. p m. m Thursday night and that the bulk of the French armored armored armored ar ar- ar- ar mored division entered Paris this morning Both F F I and German Gernan broadcasts broadcasts broadcasts broad broad- casts said heavy fighting was raging raging rag rag- ing inside the city and that an American tank column had driven into the Paris Paris' outskirts from Versailles Versailles Ver Ver- sailles in the west and along the Paris road leading south The Germans said the heaviest clashes with tanks and patriots Continued on Page Pale Four Column Four I Headlong Flight of Nazi Army I Abandons Channel Coast Continued 4 from Pan Page 1 be ma matte made le without seeing a single German soldier who was not a prisoner and spoke of the complete disorganization of the German defense defense de de- tense Bomb Brest rc t Almost forgotten except by military men was wa the siege of the great naval base of ot Brest in Brittany But it was brought back into the news with disclosure that thata a nine wave attack by air force bombers sent planes winging over its fortifications this afternoon As an inlet for supplies direct from America and Britain Brest would be of greater importance to the allies than Paris even The enemy is leaving bits and pieces to try and delay us but buti i there is no major stand all the way back to the Seine a field I headquarters officer said Thursday ti uv night after a sharp Canadian advance advance advance ad ad- vance of 20 miles had driven the Germans into an area about 25 miles milas s long and 15 miles wide As the Germans fell feU back before this enveloping attack managing to get many of ot their troops beyond the Seine but leaving thousands of ot others and a great bulk of equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment behind the first alli allied d force the the 2nd l French armored division finally entered Paris Troops Enter Paris Supreme headquarters said the French forces plunged into the city's outskirts at a. a m m. after encountering considerable enemy resistance In Paris the French troops joined with patriots in a fight for possession of the city whose liberation was announced two days ago The supreme command still re remained remained remained re- re largely silent about the activities activities activities ac ac- of ot Lt Gen George S S. S Patton's Pattons Pattons Patton's Pattons Patton's Pat- Pat tons ton's armored forces southeast of Paris The only news was that Montereau near Fontainebleau and Montargis further south had been occupied d with an advance east of the latter city There was no report on the Americans who two days ago penetrated 15 miles beyond Sens approaching to within with with- in miles of the German fron fron- tier The present speed of advance indicated that the lower Seine pocket which extends from Elbeuf El- El beuf to Bernay then roughly to the coast at a point four tour miles from Honfleur may be ho wiped out in another 24 21 hours ours lj 4 |