The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-19
Adolf Hitler Given Foretaste Of
 Second Front By Attack On France
American Flying FOrtresses, Fighter SquadrOns Took Part-Nazi Coast De-
 fense Guns Were All Destroyed
RATTLE IS RAGING AROUND
 DIEPPE LATE IN AFTERNOON
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE Unted Press Staff CorrespOndent)

London, Aug 19 -UP)- American, British and Canadian troops today gave Adolf Hitler fore taste of second front in Europe with record- breaking Commando attack on the Dieppe coast of France
 Operating under cloud of Allied warplanes- American flying fortresses and American fighter squadrons among them - the Commandos smashed into the Nazi coastal defenses of the Dieppe sector
 At mid d-afternoon, London time, the Commando attack still was in progress but of the troops were being withdrawn U having achieved their ob- jective which destruction of big battery of six inch Nazi coast defense guns and munitions dump.
 ENGLISH CHANNEL COAST SHAKEN
 The English channel coast shook under the beration of the bate-he greatest land and air op- eration which Western Europe had seen since the days of Dunkirk. The German radio reported that Nazi couner-attack had been started in effort to drive the Commandos from their positions and that losses in men and material were considerable There was no indication how long the Commandos were prepared to hold their positions around Dieppe but presumably until they had fully carried out their objectives.
 AMERICAN FORCES IN ATTACK
 The American forces in the big attack were units of the newly organized Ranger force-the American equivalent of the British Commandos. These picked volunteers have been training for several months in raid tactics American air forces were backing up the RAF in providing air curtain tor the land troops Great flying fortress bombers were blasting at Nazi strong points and communications lines for German endorsements.
 Wounded Being Brought Across
 By4p m, CO a n EWT), it was learned in reliable quarters that wounded commandos from the Deppe area already arriving at southeast coast points Residents of southeast coast town reported that number or anbuances were moving into the dock which were blocked the public It also revealed that some commandos have returned from the Dieppe area to British base and were described as being in nigh splr
 Land On Dieppe Coast
 Backed up by tanks and operating under cloud ot Allied fighter planes the commandoS debouched on the flat Deppe coast line in such that constant radio warnings issued to the French populace that lS is invasion" American British and Canadian troops swared over denses which Adolf Hitler has erected as protection against second front and after hours of gnC including the destruction of big battery of sxnch coast defense guns and Nazi ammunition dump Commandos Still In There
 understood that operations still were in prog reSS Air operations an increasing scale Wlth fighter squadrons from every rontne station along the British roaring for continuous attacks on French coastal points, -.
 Residents along the Dover coast reported that the ground was rocking under the explosion of bombs ana artillery shells in the Dieppe area. .
 The German radio reported in mid-atternoon that 2 Naz counteratack underway against the co1nmanoo positions considerable British losses n men anu material had been inflicted.
 Part of Troops Reembarked
 For the first time commando operational issued bulletins the progress of the oatte Dy embarked for the voyage back across the Englsp Channel having successfully carried out tnelr Slon
 However, at many points heavy fighting was In prog | on PageN