The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
BY BOB BOWMAN Canadian Broadcasting Corpora ton Correspondent

Written for United Press)
 London, Aug. 21 = (UP) = The parde called the men in the tank landing boat about him while they still could see the dark English quay behind them.
 Standing in the bow in front of 8 tank, he read the sixth chapter o1 Ephesians, holding his bible in one hand and hashlight in the other.
 Finally, my brethren" he read "be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we are to wrestle, not against flesh and blood. but against principalities, against pow CTS, against the rulers of the dark ness of this world, against spiritual Wickedness in high places"
 Then he prayed, the last prayer some abroad would ever hear.
 Most of the men aboard - they were members of the Calgary Tanks dropped of to sleep as the boat ploughed on toward Dieppe.
 They were awakened just before dawn by rumbling explosions on the French coast. The explosions were of bombs dropped by the Royal Air Force. It was still dark.
 A red glow crept up and down the coast. The first British com mandos were opening the way for us.
 Suddenly a verey light went up; 1t was from the commandos and meant objective attained-coastal batteries wiped out"
 Machine guns and artillery or shore roared and chattered, and when daylight came, the batteries started lobbing shells at our boats
 British warships opened. Fighters flew over like flocks of geese.
 Up and down and of the shore line a tremendous number of craft were weaving in and out, but they were plotted out in moment by 8 smokescreen laid by our ships.
 Our tank troop captain came ur on the bridge and warned the cap tain of the boat that it was only a few minutes before zero time. We hoisted a signal and started fol shore. Our tanks were warming ur and starting to climb the ramr which would he lowered to the beach.
 Our first landing attempt failed and we waited for orders to go ir again at another beach. Four Focke- Wulfs dived at us, but two went down in flames. Again we found il impossible to get to the beach anc were ordered to retire.
 Saw Gallant Sight Just then, we saw one of the mos gallant sights of the whole action A British ship sailed almost int< the mouth of Dieppe harbor anc lay there 45 minutes blasting away with all guns. Houses crumbled. w could see its shells smacking intt German strong points.
 Casualties had been brough aboard our boat by this time, anc a padre of the Montreal Fusilieri told about trying to get on shore with men being killed all around ! AlAI1l. A AACuJC1ld4Ab A4dNA olA AAA o4AO off, and tried to push the padre down to save him from machine gun bullets.
 Again we tried to get to the beacl but 1t couldn't be done. Bombs anC gunfire drove us out.
 Our fighter planes fearlessly triet to protect the men on the beaches but they paid for it. must hav' seen at least 20 shot down, som' diving and twisting fantasticalll with wings or tails shot away.
 Destroyers stood offshore. sendint in boats to get men when 1t be came necessary.
 Eventually. we were ordered to re turn to England. but as we with drew, the roar of battle followed us We had suffered heavy losses. bu no men have ever died more brave ly than the Canadians. Dieppe ma! go down in the annals of Canadian military history with vimy Ridge.