Home Titles Griffin daily news. November 13, Image 1 Griffin daily news. Griffin, Ga. Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML. This br. That will be decided later in accordance With developments, and it may be that his task will be to run interference for another army which is carry ing the, ball. Finally when one of these enemy defenses begins to cav. The Boche knows what's rooking all right, as witness that remarkabie - proclamation in -Hitler's name, calling on the German people to fight to death to defend the country "house tn house and street to street.
Perhaps he doesn't know himself, although he lias a shrewd idea. Natur' ally he will develop the most β -β r! Willie J. Halsteri Brothers were ln charge of arrangements. Survivors, in addition to her par ents, are one sister, Irene Nelson of Griffin, and grandparents, J. E Nelson of ariffin and Mrs. Belle McMullin. George S. Patton expanded a new bridge head across the Moselle River north of Metz today, threatening the Germans' only usable railway con necting the fortress city with the Saar and developing a pincers grip on the enemy-held part of Thion ville.
Ajrmored spearheads swinging a Β»rcund Metz from the south punch ed forward on a mile front 17 miles south of the Saar border. This was reported to have reach-, ed Bermering, three miles east of Morhange, and reached Lidrezing, five mile north of Dieuze. There flood waters loosed by Allle'd dam bombings protected Patton's rlgljt flank.
A 5 βCavalry patrols of Lt. Americans punching close to Metz from the south came un der artillery fire from the lorts ringing the city for the first time near Sorbev. The heavy guns had not opened fire before because of the enemy's lack of aerial spotting, but apparently the Americans were within point blank range now-.
To the south the Seventh fighting on a mile front east of Ra mbervillers and Bruyeres, cap tured villages' only a mile west of St. Die in the entrance of a Vos- ' ges Pass, and only 33 miles from J the Rhine. Southeast of Metz the G;rinanS j were reported in front line dispatch-' I es to be pulling out men and mate rial before Patton's encircling threat,. Front reports said they were pull ing guns out of Metz itself, bu f Supreme Headquart rs believed it unlikely a real evacuation was un derway.
