22/6/1944 Ill.
23/6/1944. 9.= am.
Latest news from Normandy shows that the final attack on
the fortress of Cherbourg is well under way. American troops
are assaulting the defenses covering the landward side
of the port and there is hand to hand fighting in the suburbs.
Before the American ground forces went forward yesterday
afternoon Allied artillery and aircraft gave the
defenses a tremendous hammering. More than a
thousand British and American planes bombed
the German positions. There had been little change on
the rest of the Normandy front. Around St. Lô
American troops report stiffer resistance and
over to the last British and Canadian troops are
still pinning down several German divisions.
RAF heavy bombers were out over enemy territory
again last night. This followed a daylong onslaught
in which their targets included German troops and
supplies moving from Paris to the battlefield,
flying-bomb bases in the Pas de Calais and
airfields and railway yards over a wide area in
France. The Germans sent more pilot less
planes over Southern England during the night
and damage and casualties are reported.
In daylight yesterday Allied fighters destroyed
|