July 8, 1944; ROBOT BOMBS FORCE LONDON EVACUATION:

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JULY 8, 1944:

Germans Begin Launching

Buzz-Bombs from Platforms

In Belgium.

By JACK FRANKISH

London, July 8—(UP)—

Fifteen thousand more school children were scheduled to be evacuated

from robot-besieged London today as the Daily Herald reported the

Germans have begun launching their  flying torpedoes from Belgian

as well as French bases.

 

DUNKIRK, N. Y.  SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1944

MONTY'S JUMP OFF

IS PRECEDED BY

HEAVY ATTACKS

Whole Norman Front Flare*

Into Action As Americans

Continue Advance,

London, July 8—(U.P.)--

British and Canadian extreme left flank of the Normandy

front have driven to within a halfmile of the center of Caen.

The London Evening: News reported today, opening a front

 line radio correspondent.

By VIRGIL PINKLEY

Allied supreme headquarters

London, July • —(UP)—

The British 2nd army stormed the defenses of Caen at dawn today in an all-out offensive designed to clear the road to Paris, 120 miles to the east, and two hours later were reported battling deep in the enemy's line against savage

resistance.

(A London broadcast said the 2nd army reached Ma Initial objectives

and captured four  villages In the first hours of the offensive.)

At the center of the Normandy front, field dispatches said, American

forces occupied St. Jean- de-Daye, eight miles north of Lo, and Goueherle, a mile and one half to the northeast, without opposition  and. knocked out four

tanks In an armored engagement south' of St. Jean. The enemy appeared to be wavering, the dispatch said.

15,000 CHILDREN

BEING EVACUATED

TO ESCAPE ROBOTS

Germans Begin Launching

Buzz-Bombs from Platforms

In Belgium.

By JACK FRANKISH

London, July 8—(UP)—

Fifteen thousand more school children were scheduled to be evacuated

from robot-besieged London today as the Daily Herald reported the

Germans have begun launching their  flying torpedoes from Belgian

as well as French bases.

Robot bombs continued to crash in London and surrounding country at intervals throughout last night, but most of the capitals 6,790,000 night-time inhabitants

slept in comparative safety in subway or home shelter's, or behind barricaded windows.

Some damage and casualties were reported, however. A number of persons were trapped when a bomb wrecked several houses in one district, and rescue squads still were attempting to reach them at dawn. Blast from another bomb shattered the windows of  a crowded bus, but none of the passengers

was hurt.

Lull In Bombardment

There was a lull in the bombardment! soon after dawn, but it was not expected to be long lived. The Daily Herald said the Germans switched to new robot bomb launching sites in Belgium last night, possibly as result of . the increasing weight of Allied bombs dropped on bases along the Pas de Calais coast of France. The

RAF announced that it now was using six-ton super-bombs against the French bases. RAF fighters claimed to have taken a heavy toll

during the night, exploding them In the air before they could crash to earth with their 2,200 pounds of explosives.

Altogether, 40,000 unaccompanied school children have been evacuated from London since voluntary registration began last Sunday and the health ministry has

completed plans to continue the evacuation at the rate of 15,000 persons a day as long as anyone wishes to leave.

Mother Next to Leave

Mothers with small children and pregnant women were expected to be the next to leave, followed by the aged and Infirm. The rate of evacuation still has not reached the pace of that of the early months of the war,  when 750,000 evacuated the city within, 1 single 48-hour period.

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