The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-25

Navy went by the boards, and the soldiers cheered themselves hoarse. It was a superb moment - enough almost for any mans lifetime.
 Next morning, Greg and his fel- low staff officers reached Aldershot Camp. Army transport autos rushed them from the railway terminal through typically English lanes, bordered byiwell-kept green hedges, quaint little villages, endless par ade grounds level as a billiard table, pretty streams and dense wooded areas. Occasionally they slowed down along the left side of the road for passing lines of marching troops or motorized conveys.
 Greg remembered that back home he had heard a speaker compare the size of Montreal with that of Aldershot = Montreal, 32,- 900 acres, and Aldershot, 30,0OO acres. And, too, that speaker had dwelt on the fact that upon these parade grounds where Canadian feet now marched, Romans once marched to war, and ruins some- where in the Aldershot area marked the spot where King AL fred had built Notifications e thousand years before.
 But that was all the time he had for romantically historical re- factions. A few minutes after ar- irving at Vimy Barracks-the Di- visional H. @. - Rollins and his companions were put to work. In fact, for 25 hours he was at a desk without even leaving for meals
 Now, three days after arriving at Aldershot, the hectic prelimi- nary work had been completed Headquarters Companies of the various units would now take over, and Rollins found himself 1 reading notification from his O. c. that would ordinarily have brought a cheer to his lips. He had been granted his 48 hours leave effective immediately in- stead of having to wait for the expected 10 days.
 With a grim smile, he fingered the brisk army note. A look-se at London would have been a new high for him if if He shook his head.
 Seated in a London -bound train | Greg read with interest a delayed newspaper report of the landing of another contingent from Canada this time complete division at an unnamed Scottish port" Another headline caught his eye; NAzIS BL1TzED IN CON- VOY ATTACK. Under 1t a heading read: U-BOAT TRAP BACK FIRES WITH HEAVY LOSSES.
 Tt was announced today by the Admiralty that a major assault on an incoming convoy was repulsed with heavy losses suffered by the Nazis. At least five U-boats were destroyed" the account stated, land l2 enemy bombers and fighters downed in one of the fiercest en- gagements of short duration seen in the war to date.
 "The Admiralty admitted that the force and coordination of the enemy attack would indicate that a trap had been set for the con. voy, but the Navy had no inten. tion of allowing any more Jervis Bay tragedies
 "No indication was given of the size of the British escort or ot the whereabouts of the attack but 1t was stated that some of the planes shot down carried R. A F markings which is alleged to have been the reason for the sinking of liner some weeks ago. It would appear, therefore, that the R. A. F. has devised a signal system that has checkmated the latest Hitlerian device.
 Except for one fighter which failed to return from the engage. ment, the only loss suffered by the British forces was some dam. age to a destroyer and the sink.