Evening star., 1942-08-19
All Commands
Are Reported
Back on Ships
Casualties Heavy
On Both Sides in
o-Hour Bottle
Earlier Story on Page AID

Earlier Story on Page AID
By tie Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 10, -- Allied
Commandos with tanks stormed
through the German defenses of
Dieppe on the shores of Northern
France today in the first major
attack on the continent by
American, Canadian, British and
Fighting French, and re-em-
barked this evening after nine
hours of the fiercest sort of fight
ing.
The Allies were understood to
have achieved all the principal OBJ
jectives of the assault with clock-like
precision.
Losses on both sides probably were
heavy, communique said tonight,
but the attacking forces destroyed
German shore artillery and anti
aircraft batteries, radio location
station and an ammunition dump,
among other objectives.
Eighty-two German planes we're
destroyed and more than 100 prob
ably destroyed or damaged as ap-
proximately 1000 Allied planes,
forming probably the greatest pro-
tective aerial canopy ever used,
fought off the German air force.
A total of 95 Allied planes were lost.
Some Tanks Lost Ashore.
Some Allied tanks, landed for the
first time from new British tank
landing vessels were lost ashore;
others were, apparently, brought
back home.
tThe German news agency DNB
asserted that the landing at
tempt had ended in debacle
and that since this afternoon
there was mot single armed
British, American or Canadian
left on the European continentO
DNB asserted that more than
1000 prisoners had been taken
and that Allied losses in men and
material were very high" This
is standard Nazi claim.
(DNB also said German coas-
tai artillery participated in the
Dieppe fighting and sank numer-
Gus British landing boats and
that several transports turned
back to sea without having ac-
complished their tasks)
Despite the unprecedented scope
of the attack, the British repeatedly
announced during the day the &C.
ton was not an invasion intended
to create front in Wesern Europe
but was only a raid
Test Suggested.
The constant procession of hun
dreds of planes from British 'front.'
line airdromes to the battle zone
suggested that, at the least, the
great assault might be a test to de-
termine whether such an aerial big
top" could positively protect a true
invasion force all day long.
The planes shuttled to the attack
and back for reloading and refueling
SO quickly that the scene at British
air dromes recalled the Battle of
| Britain in the fall of 1910.
Starting at dawn, there never was
break in the procession.
Despite the great concentration
of planes, it was reported reliably
that no parachutists were used.
The Americans, carefully chosen
volunteers called the Rangers, were
the first American fighting men to
set foot on German-controlled soil
in this war and the first to 60 into
action in Europe since 1918.
Text Of Communioue.
The text of tonight's communique
Despite the clear statement in
cur first communique at 6 O'Clock
| this morning and broadcast to the
| French at 6:15 about the raid on
Dieppe, German propaganda, un-
able to make other capital out OF
the turn the operation has taken
| is claiming the raid was an inva-
sion attempt which they have frus-
| trated.
I'm point of fact, re-embarkation
of the main forces engaged was be-
| gun six minutes after the time
scheduled and has been completed
nine hours after the initial landing
as planned.
Some tanks have been lost dur
| ing action ashore, and reports show
that fighting has been very fierce
and casualties are likely to have
been heavy on both sides.
"A full report will not be avail
able until our forces are back Ii,
England.
| In addition to destruction OF q
six-gun battery and ammunition
dump reported in our earlier COM
munlque, radio location station
and a flax tanti-aircraf) battery
were destroyed.
Vital Experience Gained.
apart from losses inflicted on the
/ enemy, vital experience has been
gained in the employment of SUBJ
stantial numbers of troops in an
assault and in transportation and
use OF heavy equipment during COM
bined operations.
Our new tank landing craft were
in action today for the first time.
There was intense activity by air
craft of all operational commands of
the RAF in support of the landing of
our troops against heavy enemy
(See COMMANDOS, Page 2-XJ