US NAVY
EUROPE—Mine sinks minelayer Miantonomah (CM-10) off
Le Havre, France, 49°27'N, 00°17'E.
PACIFIC—Submarine Barbel (SS-316) sinks Japanese
merchant cargo ship Bushu Maru off Togara Gunto, 29°46'N, 129°40'E.
Submarine Guardfish
(SS-217) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship No.2 Miyakawa Maru in
Yellow Sea off Chinnampo, Korea, 38°30'N, 124°06'E.
Submarine Nautilus
(SS-168) lands supplies on Cebu.
Submarine Searaven
(SS-196) attacks Japanese small craft off southwest tip of Etorofu, Kurils,
sinking No.1 Hirota Maru.
Submarine Thresher
(SS-200) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Nissei Maru in Yellow
Sea, 37°32'N, 124°33'E.
MEDITERRANEAN—USAAF B‑24s sink German submarines U-565 and
U-596, Salamis, Greece.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
EIGHTH AF—About 100 heavy bombers escorted by 14 fighter
groups attack 3 marshalling yards and a synthetic oil plant at Ludwigshafen and
Koblenz, industrial area of Frankfurt/Main and several targets of opportunity.
About 175 B‑24’s haul fuel to France.
NINTH AF—No bomber missions are flown. IX TAC flies cover
for US First Army units in W Germany, dive-bombs rail lines, and flies armed reconnaissance
over Trier-Koblenz-Aachen area. IX ADC flies night patrols from Paris E to Luxembourg
and the German border.
TWELFTH AF—Medium bombers and light bombers cancel
operations due to bad weather. Fighter bombers hit barracks areas, railroads,
roads, and transportation in or near Bologna, Bozzolo, Parma, Castelfranco
Veneto, and Canneto sull’Oglio, and in immediate battle areas as US Fifth Army
meets strong opposition, especially in vicinity of Monte Bastione, and near
Torre Poggioli, Monte Gamberaldi, and Monte Castelnuovo.
FIFTEENTH AF—51 B‑24’s, with P‑51’s and P‑38’s providing target
cover and close escort, bomb Piraeus, Skaramanga, and Salamis harbors.
TENTH AF—13 P‑47’s attack towns of Haungton, Myintha, and
Mawlu. B‑24’s again haul fuel to China, 15 landing at Kunming, 3 at Liuchow,
and 1 at Yungning. Tenth AF flies 220-plus other transport sorties to various CBI
terminals.
FOURTEENTH AF—12 B‑25’s blast barracks area at Mangshih. 12
bomb Kweiyang, and 6 hit town area and railroad yards at Hengyang. 11 B‑24’s
pound Nanking. About 120 P‑51’s and P‑40’s on armed reconnaissance over vast
expanses of China S of the Yangtze R attack large variety of targets of
opportunity at numerous locations including troops, buildings, and
communications targets in Paoching area and between Siangtan and Fulinpu.
FEAF—B‑24’s hit Kendari airfield and B‑25’s bomb Langoan airfield.
A‑20’s fire storage areas and hit personnel areas on W shore of Kaoe Bay.
Namlea airfield is again bombed by B‑24’s. P‑38’s pound Kairatoe and Boela airfields.
B‑25’s and A‑20’s hit Sagan and Urarom airfields while P‑40’s attack Kaimana.
SEVENTH AF—Saipan-based B‑24’s strike Iwo Jima and Marcus.
During 25/26 September Kwajalein-based B‑24’s stage through Eniwetok on strike
at shipping at Truk. Failing to locate primary targets the heavy bombers bomb
Tol, Eten, Param, and Moen while others hit Wake during 25/26 September.
ELEVENTH AF—2 B‑25’s fly negative shipping sweep.
US ARMY
WESTERN EUROPE—New boundary
between 21 and 12th Army Groups becomes effective.
21
Army Group: In Canadian First Army’s 2 Corps area, 3d Division, having moved up
to Calais from Boulogne, begins all-out assault after preparatory bombardment.
Polish armor is moving from E flank of 2 Corps to E flank of British 1 Corps.
In British Second Army’s 1 A/B Corps
area, it is decided to withdraw bridgehead N of the Neder Rijn in Arnhem sector
under cover of darkness, 25–26. Leaving wounded behind, British 1st A/B Division
starts crossing the river, some by ferr y and others swimming. U.S. 101st A/ B
and British 50th Divisions partially envelop enemy’s roadblock near Koevering, and
Germans abandon it after nightfall. 30 Corps clears Elst and Bemmel. 8 Corps
takes Helmond and Gernert, NE of Eindhoven; makes patrol contact with 30 Corps
in St Antonis area.
12th Army Group: Assigns sector now
held by V Corps to Ninth Army. First Army is to participate in main drive of 21
Army Group on the Ruhr by taking Aachen and protecting right flank of British.
In U.S. First Army area, XIX Corps
takes responsibility for corridor containing Peel Marshes from the British, who
by this time have cleared it as far as Nederweert–Wessem Canal except for
triangular position about Wessem. Belgian 1st Brigade, although attached to British
8 Corps, holds outposts S of the canal within new zone of corps. 7th Armored
Division from Third Army and 29th Division from Brest are to be employed by
corps in clearing new sector. In VII Corps area, elements of 60th Infantry, 9th
Division, fighting in forest on S flank of corps, are by this time so weakened
that they are almost incapable of continuing the battle.
In U.S. Third Army area, Gen Patton
lists priorities for limited attacks. In XX Corps area, 5th Division, extending
southward, completes relief of 7th Armored Division and withdraws to new MLR,
pulling back its outpost line. Corny and Pournoy-la-Chétive, secured at great
cost, are abandoned in the retrograde movement. 83d Division, with task of
clearing rear guards from N flank of corps W of Sauer and Moselle Rivers,
reaches W bank of the Moselle at Remich. TF Polk then moves S to Thionville
area. In XII Corps area, 35th Division is relieving 6th Armored Division ( — ) in
Forêt de Grémecey sector. In powerful counterattacks against salient held by
Combat Command A, 4th Armored Division, German Fifth Pz Army column
drives through Marsal and Moyenvic to Vic-sur-Seille where contact is made with
German First Army. Enemy also thrusts sharply at other points of CCA’s
perimeter and overruns Moncourt; Combat Command B, turning over its positions W
of Château-Salins to 35th Division, moves to S of Combat Command A, between
Rethicourt and the canal.
6th Army Group: In U.S. Seventh Army’s
VI Corps area, 45th Division completes clearing Epinal. 36th Division is
attacking toward Bruyères and Tendon. 3d Division takes over St Amé area from
36th Division. In French 1st Army area, the 2d Corps opens limited offensive
with 1st Armored Division, whose third combat command has now joined it, and
1st Infantry Division. Progress is limited because of firm opposition.
ITALY—AAI:
In U.S. Fifth Army’s IV Corps area, TF 92 (Brig Gen John S. Wood, 92d Division ADC),
consisting of 370th Infantry of 92d Division and Combat Command B of 1st Armored
Division, takes command of zone previously held by 1st Armored Division.
Elements of S African 6th Armored Division move to M. Casciaio, W of M. Coroncina,
and relieve 34th Cavalry Reconnaissance Tr of task of screening left flank of
II Corps. In II Corps area, 34th Division progresses slowly toward M. Bastione
on left flank of corps. 91st Division takes M. Beni, below M. Oggioli, on right
but makes little headway on left under fire from M. Bastione. 338th Infantry,
85th Division, attempts to outflank enemy on M. Canda by attacking first toward
Torre Poggiolli to NE, but is unable to gain this objective; 3d Battalion,
339th Infantry, tries to assist attack on Torre Poggiolli but is stopped by
opposition from Montarello. Boundary between 85th and 88th Divisions is altered
in preparation for strong effort by 88th Division on 26th to break through last
heights before Imola. 337th Infantry of 85th Division takes responsibility for
M. la Fine, releasing 349th Infantry of 88th Division. British 13 Corps battles
for heights commanding Palazzuolo, Marradi, and S. Benedetto. Several attempts
by 1st Division to take M. Gamberaldi fail. Indian 8th Division begins attack
on M. di Castelnuovo, where enemy resists strongly. 6th Armored Division,
previously ordered to Eighth Army front, is directed to remain in place and
contain enemy on right flank of corps. In British Eighth Army’s 5 Corps area, Indian
4th Division is delayed in crossing the Uso on left flank of corps by fire from
Cornacchiara on far bank, but enemy withdraws, night 25–26. 46th Division expands
its Uso bridgehead toward Canonica. 1st Armored Division, after establishing
bridgehead across the Uso at S. Arcangelo and Highway 9, is relieved there by
56th Division. In Canadian 1 Corps area, 5th Armored Division secures bridgehead
across the Uso.
CBI—Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek refuses to accept Gen Stilwell as commander of Chinese forces.
MOROTAI—TF
TRADEWINDIAN Is. dissolved. Gen Hall, as CG XI Corps, is responsible for
continuing base development.
PALAUS—On
Peleliu, 7th Marines continues to support attack of 321st Infantry, 81st Division,
and extends left flank to release elements of 321st for main push. On left,
321st Infantry patrols northward along coast almost to fifth phase line against
light resistance. 5th Marines moves forward to join with 321st Infantry in
attack to clear N part of island. Right flank elements of 321st Infantry continue
clearing lateral trail through central ridge system, meeting strong opposition.
On Angaur, 322nd Infantry, whose efforts to push into the Lake Salome bowl from
the S have all ended in failure, attempts in vain to fIndian suitable route of
advance into bowl from N coast. Engineers then begin construction of road for
an attack from ENE.
US MARINE CORPS
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