| Show Doughboys Surge 5 Miles in Drive on Metz Mett B William F By Frye e I LONDON Nov No 10 The RI-The The The U.S. U. U S. S Third army's winter offensive passing be beyond ond the trenches of the 1918 armistice closed to wi with witt- in 4 42 miles north and SV SM miles southeast of ot the Germans Germans' French fortress city of oC Metz Friday Gains netted up to five miles mites and nd toppled several towns and villages includIng includIng including ing the important hub of ot Chateau- Chateau Salins Lt Gen aen George S. S Patton Jr threw ip in additional add armored forces force's into the drive which find finding g the Germans tied foot had registered up to 10 miles in a way three drive on a mile 55 arc on both s sides des of the fortress city The Sixth armored division leapfrogged leapfrogged leapfrogged leap leap- infantry elements clements which had spearheaded the push northwest northwest northwest north north- west from Point Point-n- Point Point-a-Mousson and reached well beyond Buchy In a a. mile five-mile advance from Cheminot and Louvigny Buchy Is 8 miles southeast of ot Metz and only 10 Continued on Page PAse Two Column One On Leapfrogging Infantry Elements Advance 5 Miles in Pincers Drive on Metz Fort Continued from Page One miles from the Metz Metz n road to Germany Metz chief rearward rearward rear rear- ward communication route The offensive broke out in a anew anew new nety spot pot at Les Metz five miles north of Metz where the Infantry division spearheaded spearheaded spear spear- headed leaded an adv advance nce to within 4 4 miles of ot the ringed Iron fortress Farther north near the Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxem Luxem- bourg border the infantry division widened and deepened its bridgehead over the Moselle to a length of 6 fa 6 y miles mUes and a depth of three miles mUes The Germans said Gen Patton had poured heavy forces into the attack sweeping northeastward toward the and toward the rear ear of Metz and said huge tank battles were raging with American tanks encountered at atone atone one place Dispatches D patches from the front said Patton was now using parts 0 of six Infantry and two armored divisions divisions divi divi- Ions in the thrusts including the newly mentioned infantry commanded by Maj Gen Perry Twaddle T a a. part of o the corps and the newly active Sixth armored armored armored ar ar- mored under Maj Gen Robert W. W Grow of the corps corp Gain Yards Meanwhile on the First U. U S. S army front southeast of ot Aachen Anchen I doughboys struggled forward r I yards through rain and sleet Just I southwest of oC Hurtgen and yards toward Schmidt water high-water mark of the American advance toward toward to to- ward the Roer and the Rhine But Buta a similar advance of oc yards due duc south of Hurtgen was thrown back to its point On this front the Germans re resorted resorted resorted re- re sorted to propaganda broadcasts exhorting their troops to fight and k I r reminding them that Saturday was the day in history for German arms when the tile kaisers kaiser's forces quit in 1918 Artillery pounded on both bOUl sides steles of the Maas Maa Meuse in Holland The enemy showed nervousness atthe atthe at atthe the of ot a new offensive from British and Canadians now drawn up on a solid assault front along that barrier to north Hol Hol- land Aerial Support The Third army drive sprung on Wednesday without fanfare had now developed Into a real offensive of offensive offensive of- of from its springboard inthe in Jn the grown grass-grown trenches of 1918 1018 where the doughboys of 1944 1914 had dug their foxholes in six weeks o of waiting But it was not until late Thursday Thurs Thurs- Thursday I day that Gen Dwight D D. Elsen Elsen- howers hower's supreme headquarters in Paris had permitted the drive to tobe tobe tobe be called an offensive A trail blazing onslaught ht Thurs Thurs- day by 1300 U U. S S. S he heavy vy bombers bomb bomb- ers and hundreds of dive bombers which smashed at German frontline front frontline line gun positions and strong points as well welL as rail raU and road bottlenecks Immediately to the rear apparently had largely succeeded suc suc- in scaling of off the battle zone Thunderbolt pilots knocked out 15 German tanks among a concentration concentration concen- concen ration 25 miles north northeast ast of oC Nancy in this assault Heavy rains of ot the first 10 days of oC the dr drive c cased eased off overnight givIng riving promise of oC a repetition of the he aerial onslaught o of Thursday |
