The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-19
ALLIES STORM French COAST
IN SMASHING COMMANDO RAID

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Launch Assault
Savage Battle RACES as Tanks,
Planes Support Heavy Blow
By RUSSELL LANDsTRoM
LONDON. Aug. le-(AP)-Unted Stotes troops
landed in Fronee early todoy with tonks and heavy
weapons. and more than nine hours Ioter they and
their conodon, British and fighting French allies
still we're wosins feroeious bottle with the Gsrmons
ground Dieppe in the greatest eommondo ossouk q
the war.
Overhead the United Stotes Army Air Forces. the
RAF and the Royol conodion Air Force mointoinedG
eonstont thick umbrella Of bombing and fighting
pIones against bitter Germon oerio opposition. Ind
cotton. were that more than 900 Allied plonss
participating. 49,
From dawn on through Iote afternoon the 6.
stont shudderins Of heavy explosions denee
the bottles continuance ahsak hsadiass 49, !
Ii.h side ofSks channel. =
Even as the bottle thundered on. first units q ~
eommondo force who had speedily accomplished 49, \
mission returned to British port in gay Spirits.
Three was no immediate Induction how maay
men returned in the first contingent. whsthte
Americans were among them. II presumed fhaf
they constituted the wing Of the Allied force which
q eommunique sold accomplished It's objective sad
withdrew.
BIG GUNS THUNDER
Hour offer hour the bottle progressed, with ~
rumble Of heavy sunfirs and the eonstant roar @
pones audible testimony to the scope Of the CO.
fliet on which Allied headquarters issued tsrse pos
odie eommuniquss
Conodions mode up the majority OF the strong
forces that drove the ehonnsl to 0ispps, So
odd miles from Beoehy Head, the nearest point Il
England and 100 miles from Poris.
Announcements from United Stotss Army and
Allied combined operations headquarters dselessd
that the Americans British spseioI service troops end
the fighting French all were in octon.
RANGER FORCE
The Americans, specially chosen from host Of
volunteers as the first American fighting 70 81
foot on the continent Of an embottIsd Europe since
1917. proudly wore the title "Ronssrs" otter the
fomous Rogers Rensers whose bold exploits msds
history in the French and lndion War Of Americas
colonial Days 80 yeors oso.
First announced fruits Of the raid were dsstvue-
tion Of sx-sun Gsrmon bottsv ond an ommunitien
dump by troops who landed on the right flank. ae-
eompIshed their mission and were rssmborked b.
the British Navy, which fervied all the forces
to France.
On the left flank the conodions first were ~
pulsed by strong Gsrmon opposition. but bounded
beck to CORY the beach by ossouIt while their eeas
rodes pushing tonks ashore in the center fes
the main thrust. which q noon ennovnesmsnt ssjd
still was continuing.
The Iondinss accomplished At every psine
selected in odvones in eorsfuIy-pIeassd ssesss ~
eroton thot Amsreon officers Of ell services helpod
to orronee.
NOT IND FRONT s..ss4 a
Eossrnsss to coll this second frost, . roo(3 49,
weston, was cooled BY respected DC bsee6eeslb -
ing the limited end tsmpessr~ eksssesss q ~ G
tion and dseIesns Ut he'd neshins - - VII 1 (GC
decisions which hove BEEN token IN Meseow c. ~
See COMaAND0s-Psss 49, 2