The difficulty of bringing up fuel supplies to the advancing motorized columns and the urgent need of many of these armoured units for repairs are having their effect on Germany's attempt to pile-drive through Allied defences, French military quarters asserted last night, Germany can count on very little assistance from the industrial plants and transport and communications facilities in the invaded areas, for everything of value was destroyed by the defenders before they withdrew, while the Royal Air Force on Friday night bombed and severely damaged large oil storage tanks in northern Germany, The loss of these oil supplies is all the more serious to the Germans as the Dutch Oil depots were destroyed by the defenders before the invaders could lay their hands on them, Motor fuel at all times is precious in Germany, these military quarters continued, and today, with the motorized columns consuming it wholesale, its importance is increased out of all proportion, An important factor in Germany's mechanized warfare is that while the attacking columns themselves can advance over difficult terrain as the units are equipped with caterpillar wheels, their fuel supply vehicles must use roads gs they are ordinary trucks, They are therefore not more vulnerable to attack by land and air, but are also at the mercy of the defenders' demolition corps, which can blow up bridges and roads: at a moment's notice Havas,
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