Around The World

Good morning. Here's the NBC News from around the world. This is James Stevenson reporting from the NBC Newsroom in New York, and later we'll hear from NBC observers overseas. According to latest bulletins from Europe, the Allies have stopped the German drive against the American First Army, at least temporarily. At the same time, American troops are driving against the

southern flank of the German push and have smashed four dents into the Nazi wall. Allied Supreme headquarters also reveals that thousands of American and British bombers are attacking the German supply columns and lines of communication.

German field Marshal von Rundstedt was able to start his counter-attack against the American First Army because weather conditions had made it impossible for Allied air operations. And the bad weather continued to favor the Germans for the first week, keeping American and British planes on the ground.

But as the skies cleared in the past couple of days and Allied airplanes were able to strike again, von Rundstedt's momentum was whittled down until he has practically stopped. Of course, it is too early to evaluate the exact situation on the Western Front.

is whether our planes have given Gerald Eisenhower the leverage he needed and if the Germans have been stopped completely. The news black out for Allied Supreme headquarters is such that information is about 24 hours late. But from the news we have it does not appear that this is the underbundering stage drive. As a matter of fact all of the Germans have lost most of

their momentum they still maintain the initiative and that means they are still much on the offensive while the allies are confronted with all of the vast problems which plagued the defender who is being pushed back. The final answer to this present phase of the war on the Western Front will probably rest on Germany's ability to maintain a flow of supplies and reserves