SOME UNITS OF THE 101st HAVE BECOME BOGGED DOWN AROUND BEST WHERE THE GERMANS WERE SUCCESSFUL IN BLOWING THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE WILHELMINA CANAL WHEN THE AMERICANS TRIED TO ATTACK FROM THE SOUTH. THE GERMAN 59th DIVISION HAS LAUNCHED A COUNTER ATTACK AT ODENRODE WITH THE AMERICANS DESPARATELY TRYING TO HOLD ON UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH. SOME GERMAN UNITS - 159 IND - WERE ALSO THREATENING THE 501/101 POSITIONS AROUND VEGHEL.
IN THE NIJMEGEN SECTOR UNITS OF THE 504/82 WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE BRIDGES OVER THE MAAS RIVER AND MAAS-WAAL CANAL WITH LITTLE DIFFICULTY. TWO BATTALIONS OF THE 508th HAVE TAKEN UP POSITIONS ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE NIJMEGEN BRIDGE ACROSS THE WAAL. GERMAN PANZER UNITS HOLD THE NORTH END AND ARE BRINGING UP REINFORCEMENTS. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL MAJOR SKIRMISHES WITH GERMAN UNITS NEAR THE DROP ZONES AROUND GROESBEEK WITH THE GERMANS BRIEFLY OVER-RUNNING THE DIVISONAL SUPPLY HEAD.
THE BRITISH 1st AIRBORNE IN THE ARNHEM SECTOR HAVE RUN INTO HEAVY RESISTANCE FROM THE GERMAN 9th & 10th PANZER DIVISIONS. (MONTY!!! WHERE THE HELL DID THEY COME FROM?) WHILE THE SECOND BATTALION OF THE 1st PARACHUTE BRIGADE WAS ABLE TO REACH THE NORTH END OF THE ARNHEM BRIDGE THEY HAVE BEEN ENCIRCLED BY THE 21st & 22nd PANZER REGIMENTS. THE BRITISH WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE HIGHWAY BRIDGE WEST OF THE CITY AND ARE ATTEMPTING TO REINFORCE THEIR BRIDGEHEAD ON THE SOUTHERN BANKS OF THE RHINE.
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EINDHOVEN/SON/BEST SECTOR
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NIJMEGAN SECTOR
ARNHEM SECTOR
1000 HOURS - 9/19/44
