In a Mugging match, with tanks
shooting up each other from 200 yards and less at infantry battling over fields
and through woods alongside tanks, the biggest armored battle on the front so
far is raging
Armored combat between Allied and German forces in the
rolling Normandy hill country is increasing in intensity, supreme headquarters
reported today. as field dispatches reported British and Canadian units had joined
forces for a coordinated attack on Caen, pivot city at the eastern end of the
combat zone.
LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, FRIDAY, JUNE
9, 1944
Slugging It
Out, France
By ROSS MUNRO, Canadian Press War
Co-respondent. WITH CANADIAN FORCES IN FRANCE. June 8.—(Delayed)—(C.P. Cable)—
In a Mugging match, with tanks
shooting up each other from 200 yards and less at infantry battling over fields
and through woods alongside tanks, the biggest armored battle on the front so
far is raging.
Several more German pockets
within the beachhead have been cleaned and concentrated attacks by artillery
and naval guns are being made upon others.
WARSHIPS
USED LIKE FIELD GUNS ',
British warships are being used
like field guns in this combined
operations moves to a new climax
while guns flame and roar along the ,
front. A regular guerrilla war is
going on in some towns and farms in the
beachhead as some lurking snipers
are found and driven from house
to house.
Little towns are in a turmoil as
the Canadians go to work with
grenades, tommyguns and rifles.
It is a jumpy business roving around
this beachhead.
Combat Rises
In Intensity
British and
Canadians in Fierce Assault on Caen—
Enemy
Counter-Attack Held — Americans
Capture St. Mere
Eglise, 19 Miles
from Cherbourg
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS,
Allied Expeditionary force. June
9— (C.P.) —
Armored combat between Allied and German forces in the
rolling Normandy hill country is increasing in intensity, supreme headquarters
reported today. as field dispatches reported British and Canadian units had joined
forces for a coordinated attack on Caen, pivot city at the eastern end of the
combat zone.
An enemy counter-attack in the
Caen area was held and ground was
gained, headquarters reported. Increasing armor was being thrown into the fighting on
both sides.
Ste. Mere
Eglise, village 19 miles southeast of
Cherbourg, has
been captured by American forces, it
was disclosed
officially, confirming earlier German reports.
Headquarters, officially
announced that air-borne troops sent into the mighty assault in northern France
included Canadian officer- and men. Other announcements issued here and in
Ottawa said the Canadian 3rd division is fighting in France.
HAND-TO-HAND
FIGHTING
French paratroops have been
dropped to aid in the Allied assault on France, under German occupation since 1940.
Unsubstantiated German reports
said hand-to-hand fighting was raging in Caen.
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