LEAP-FROGGING ONWARD

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 54, 1 September 1944, Page 5

LEAP-FROGGING ONWARD

FORGES FRQjyi AMIENS

-Thi Q- 15 -*m-' t°NDON, August 31 Twin: ff^^PPpdent or the British .■United.Press with the British forced Srive^rf I^' "The first eleSentl fmved in Amiens at the first light ■S«i f mor ing' afterracing throuoh the S.^^ 0^ rosds^wherl groups of Se Th P St pggler^ la^ V the P waysme. The Germans were too weary Sal Sgd- £S ?or 2t°h°- e S C a ¥l mifrit^ # g :r.m,V VL'-- -?ril;ish Sdvanped forges are toI P Pna?h fi Ogl ing fo^ard in ordS possflSe. going as fast as "This lightning drive was noqsiWp because th.? .German resistance wal as it Was on IS I^SW ftont- ;Only questions of iUßßlies and fatigue, prevent us from 1883? £$**r^£ Egress. If"tg llncf 11 n s°W^r is beginning to show wl^?- Of Weariness, however, it is KSp£iC3mpa^e/ With' that of the bedraggled, tattered, hungry, exhausted/enemy remnants. The all-' ; conquering 3STazi hosts arg naw shatte?-^ flay and night and h«ve lost all semblance of being/an effective fighting force. They h 3V e SQm ca -to drag themselves home somehow from the clutches of their■ sfasfemoving.- British pursuers. British columns in some cases have far outpaced the Germans." . . ~ SENSAfIQNAL-PUSH. "Although only armoured units beached Amiens, three strong columns of tanks and armoured cars, which are followed up by a broad front of motonsed infantry, are close behind" says Reuters correspondent. "The main road between Amiens and Beauyais has been, cut at several places, further confusing the German commu.nipa.tions. This twordciy 60 miles advance m which one armoyred unit covered 40 miles in 24 hours is one of the most sensational of the war." The Exchange • Telegraph agency correspondent, after referring to the armour in Amiens, says: '"More British armoured units made " a:: further terrific leap yesterday afternbpn and captured Breteuil, 20 miles'north-east of Beauyais oh the main road to Amiens. The British armoured force which entered Amiens was* the left column which had broken out from the Vernon bridgehead at dawn on August 29. Lasf night they were situated at a point 3|- miles south-east of Sbngeons and 32 miles south-west of Amiens. Their,, leap forward of 35 miles last night and their total leap of more than 00 miles to Amiens from Vernon is measured only" as the crow flies. Their total advance by road is lik§ly to be about 100 miles. So fast are the British moving that staff officers who marls oft on operational maps small towns which are captured ha,ve not bothered to do so in the past few days."

The British United Press correspondent at" Amiens states that the British captured three bridges over the Sqmine at Amiens which'are firmly in our hands.'