Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 October 1944 — Page 6

rm Into Blazing Aachen as Nazis Defend Heights form Into Blazing A ghts swept corridor throiigh the Ameri-|front said, however, it was indicat- Aachen through the escape gap late ; PLL ments a} the Stun and the EY of} , i : ported by 15 to 20 tanks was broken| Among the targets hit by artillery| German counter-attacks on botl % Amériosn 105%, 155 Long Toms up at 8 o'clock last night by U. 8./and bombers yesterday was the|sides of the American siege peri gnd eight-inch Howitzers pouted shillery and snail sume fre Nich Quelaniof hotel area, reparted tometer in 500 rounds into selected targets heavy losses on the Nazis. nthe city yeserany ho the Far From Destroyed a Phaseut preparation 873! patrols entered the city last night Tags mbers : had ntry attack. The dive-bo and reported “good” results in yes- % terday’s bombing and shelling, but fleld dispatches said the &ify: still into. Aachen. The city, Was far from being destro « 7 reported, was under assault] About 275 of the city'¥iestimated a “titanic array of planes, tanks garrison of 1500 to 2000 Germans AY surrendered yeuercaliAna sat free orhal ol E08 ; groups were laying down their arms oe Nazi troop | A 2 on FA Ak ba A similar attack at 5:30 p. m. this ‘morning. A dispatch from the G0 Tun 'U yesterday by perhaps 2000 German troops supported by tanks was broken up by American tanks and artillery without loss of ground before the enemy even reached our infantry. . American tanks and artillery also halted and dispersed two enemy columns of perhaps 10,000 men and appropriate ‘armor which boldly sought to reinforce the garrison with a daylight advance through the escape gap yesterday. Stunned by the relentless allied air and land bombardment, individual German troops were surrendering by the scores. Some 400 prisoners had been counted in the 24 hours ended last midnight, but for the most part the tough garrison of 1500 to 2000 appeared determined to fight to the end. Many were S.S. veterans of fighting on the eastern front. Radiq Berlin said bitter hand-to-hand fighting was raging in the Aachen area “against the advancing enemy.” Another Berlin dispatch said the din of battle was audible in. Cologne, some 40 miles away. Clouds of smoke and dust, tinged with the red of raging fires, rose hundreds of feet over medieval Aa~chen.

10-Story Building Falls

One pilot told of seeing a 10story building collapse into a great cloud of dirt and debris when hit. Not a single German plane attempted to interfere with the bombardment. Anti-aircraft batteries put up a heavy barrage at the start, but it waned as the cascade of bombs continued.

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