In Pursuit

With their fast moving armored columns racing toward Paris and to the
northeast of the French capital, the Third Army had to give up control
of the XV Corps commanded by Lieutenant General Wade H. Haislip. Along
with the Corps, the Third Army relinquished the Corps area to command
of First Army. Always on the move, the Third Army continued to advance
to the south, southeast, and southwest of Paris while continuing to
fight.

The enemy was under continuous attack by both the Third Army's
infantry and tank forces and Brigadier General O.P. Weyland's XIX
Tactical Air Command's fighter-bombers. At this point, the enemy lost
all hope of regaining the initiative.

The speed of the Third Army's advance forced the Germans to break into
a hap-hazard, hasty retreat. The Third Army gave the Germans no time
to occupy any natural defense lines or strong-points. It just kept
punching it's way toward victory.

The German's retreat continued until only the Moselle River and the
German built Siegfried Line lay between the Third Army and German
soil. As the month of August drew near to a close, there was much
evidence that the Third would have to actually slow down it's advance
so that the other Allied armies could catch up with them.

Amazingly, despite shattered communications and huge losses, the
Germans had not collapsed. They remained to be good soldiers and hard
fighting professionals.

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