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LONDON, Dec. 27.—(AP)—100
tons of supplies, mainly food and
ammunition, was today parachut
ed to the American troops who
have been cut off by the Ger
man drive in the Bastogne area,
it has been reported.
Twin-ngined C-47 sky-trains
flew from Britain to France with
cargoes for the “doughboys” who
have withstood repeated Nazi
tank attacks, while awaiting re
lief.
According o latest reports tthe
relief columns are a little over
one mile from Bastogne.
A British broadcast said: ‘‘Nu
merous Ge/rm^an tanks have
been destroyed in vain attempts
to enter the own.
A lone C-47 piloted by Lt. Col.
Joel Crouch, sneaked over the
German lines at dawn and drap
ped a parachute pathfinder unit,
to guide the other planes to the
scene. The plane radioed back,
“Mission completed,” and landed
safely.” and landed safely.
An hour later, troop-carrier
Jplanies began dropping bundles
of ammunition, food and medi
cine.
Col. Crouch told a group of
Americans that German planes
did not molest himf, but the ack
ack fire was terrific, as was also
the heavy ground fire from Ger
man tank concentrations.
NAVY ADMITS
WE’RE STILT.
AHEAD
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—(AP)
—Today, Secretar of the Navy
Forrestal, in a news canference,
reported the sinking of a large
Jap aircraft carrier,, six addi
tional enemy warships, and 20
additional Nipponese vessels by
American submarines operating
in far Eastern warters.
These latest sinkings, bring the
total of Japanese vessels sunk or
probably sunk to 1090, since the
war started.
Forrestal said the sinkings of
all types of vessels now repre
sents more than 3,500,000 tons
sunk by submarines alone.
TANK battle
REPORTED AS
SERIOUS
LONDON, Dec. 27.—(AP)—
Berlin today reported that a
major tank battle has broken out
north of Laroche, Belgium, and
tha 70 tanks of he Third and
Seventh Arnties have been wiped
out.
The rport said the American
efforts to relieve the Bastogne
assaults in central Luxembourg
have failed, but admitted that U.
S. gains have been made west of
Echternacht.
A large scale battle in south
eastern Belgium and central
Luxembourg is gaining in vio
lence, said the German commun
ique.
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