The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-28
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gates of the harbor locks in an
attempt to destroy them, blew up
under shore battery fire before
it reached its target.
CLAIM SHIPS DESTROYED
THE mass, of enemy motor
torpedoboats and assault boats
was also destroyed or heavily
damaged by artillery" the COM
munique continued.
I'm so far>as the enemy sue
cecded in landing forces they
were ted by troops of all
services in the attempt the ship
yard and to penetrate into the
town.
According to reports SO far
to hand, one destroyer, nine mo-
tor torpedo boats and four
Qarger) torpedo boats of the
enemy were destroyed.
Apart from the high, bloody
losses, the enemy left more than
100 prisoners in our hands.
NO DAMAGE!
ION the German side, not one
Warcraft was lost. Also, in the
submarine base no damage what
ever occurred.
after dawn, German torpe-
bobcats encountered superior
British d estrOye formation
which broke off the engage
ment after having received sew
eral hits"
German coastal artillery and
anti-aircraft batteries halted the
invasion attempt, i n f | C j n G
heavy losses on the Br i S h
forces, the communique said.
CLAIM HEAVY LOSSES
Many" British boats were
sunk, the communique contin-
ued, while hose which escaped
damage filed precipitously."
British Marines which sue
ceeded in landing on the coast
we're "encircled and destroyed,
thanks to. the rapid action of
troops Of all kinds" the COM
munique declared.
"A fairly high number of pri-
SoncrS remains in our hands,"
the German command said.
The text of the special COM
munique:
During the night of March
81, British naval forces attempt
ed to land from the Bay of st.
NaZaire.
HOT RECEPTION
Enemy units were subjected
to the fire of German naval ar
tillery and anti-aircraft batter
les and suffered heavy losses.
THE opposing elements which
succeeded in landing we're en-
circled and destroyed, thanks to
the rapid action of troops of all
kinds.
"A fairly high number of pri-
sonerS remain in our hands.
Many naval units of the adj
versary we're sunk while those
which were not fled precipitous-
ly."
o
Just a month ago, Births h
p ar a C h u lists and sea-borne
troops combined in swift raid
on radio detector post at Bru-
neval in German -oc cupi c d
France.
In this previous assault, i; !,
British swooped down u n d c r
cover of darkness, surprised the
erm n garrison, demolished
the radio station used to spot the
British p anes on their way
across the channel and returned
successfully with number Of
German prisoners.
WELL EXECUTED
The British timed their first
raid TO the minute, with naval
units debarking troops at the
same time parachutists landed
on the mainland. The two forces
combined to attack the Nazi gar
rison.
Actual fighting was brief and
the invaders we're off to England
almost before the Germans re-
allied what had happened.
Today's attempted raid OH ST.
Nazaire. a former French naval
and submarine base on the far
southern coast of Brittany, car
ried British Marines far from
their home bases.
The old French port. site of q
naval arsenal where Germans
have been reported manufacture
ing small caliber munitions, has
been bombed frequently by the
Royal Air Force. German ships