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Nazi Warships Sent to Bottom Trying Raid on Invasion Coast" SUPREME HEADQUAR TERS, Allied Expeditionary Force, June 10. CPHit-ler's navy has taken a Seat- ing in its first stab at the Allies' western front sea, lane, losing destroyers i and suffering damage to two others of a flotilla of four in a pre-dawn battle Friday. Four Royal Navy destroyers, the powerful Canadian Tribal class destroyers Haida and Huron, and two Polish destroyers delivered the blow southwest of Ushant, off the tip of Brittany. This point-blank engage ment which cost the Allies damage and a few casualties on only one ship, H.M.S. Tartar was the most dramatic of three surface actions reported in the midnight bulletin.

The other actions were interception of a force of heavily armed enemy craft 'etween the mainland and the Isles de San Marcouf. in Seine Bay off the east coast of the Cherbourg peninsula, and smashing of attempts by German E-boats to enter the Allied assault area. American naval forces under command of Rear Admiral Don Pardoe Moon intercepted the "enemy force off the Isles de San Marcouf which was attempting to attack shipping supplying the beachheads. In addition, during the 24 hours up to 8 a.m. Friday, 46 targets were engaged by Allied warships.

Spotting for these shoots was carried out both by aircraft and military forward observer officers who- had been landed with the assault troops. The British cruisers Belfast and Frobisher were credited with having done "considerable execution of enemy The bulletin said the Frobisher neutralized two enemy batteries and destroyedd an ammunition dump. Action against the German destroyers began after they were spotted at midnight Thursday by aji aircraft on patrol 10 miles south of Ushant. Interception was. made before dawn by four British Tribal class Tiny Tug Towed Disabled Munitions Craft Info Assault LONDON.

June 9. W-How4june Tn in 'Empire an unarmed and unsuspecting tiny British harbor tug, went gallantly off to the wars on D-Day amid a fleet of invasion was disclosed today. 4 On the. eve of the assault a tank landing, craft, loaded with ammunition, "balked with engine trouble just outside' the harbor and the tugboat was sent out to help. Instead of hauling the land in rraft hark to nort it towed kl -m The.

"Empire Folk" spent an uncomfortable 20 minutes two miles off one of the assault beaches and then headed back to England, pulling another landing craft which had been ripped open by underwater obstruction after landin her trooos. a 41 -year -old tinrfk1 country-man named Arthur Hall, and a veteran of 21 years in tugs, said he Jhad no idea the invasion was on when he got the call to help the; tank landing craft Monday night. He pulled his harbor ragmumn craft and said: "We are going to take you back to port." "You are going to take us to Hall said he got as a reply. "I thought he was pulling my leg-. Hall related, "but pretty soon the cruiser Scylla pulled up and Admiral Sir Phillip Vian told us to take the craft in tow and head for France." Hall and his begrimed crew of 11 rose to the -occasion.

The commjTnding officer of the LCT had to come aboard and show us the Hall continued. "We didn't know the course through the mine-swept Channel and we didn know it was an ammunition ship, either, until he came aboard:" "If we had we would have given her a longer tow the first mate put in sharply. French Will Be Free Choose Gov't Early SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, 'Allied Expeditionary Force, June 9. (CP-Reuter) Gen. Eiscn- ower, in a proclamation to the of France, said -today "the day ofUberation has dawned" and "whenvictory is won and France is liberated, from her oppressor the French people will be free to choose at the earliest possible moment the government under which they wish to live-.

The proclamation, dropped on enemy-held areas and posted in liberated districts, said "We shall destroy the Nazi tyranny root and branch to that the peoples of Europe -may have a new birth of GOES TO VENEZUELA. LONDON, June 9. Appolnt-mnt of Sir George Ogilvie-Forbrs, former British Minister to Cuba, as ambassador to Venezuela succeeding Donald Gainer, was announced tonight. destroyers Ashanti, Eskimo, Tartar, and Javelin the Polish destroyers Blyskawica and Pioron and the Canadians, which had figured in brilliant actions last April in. the same general -area.

When.slghted the enemy was on an opposite course and H.M.S. Tartar with Haida and Huron and Ashanti turned to the north before opening fire in order to bring all guns to bear. gf. The enemy also turhed to. the north and steaming on a parallel course fired torpedoes.

In order to avoid this attack the division led by Tartar was turned towards the enemy, closing to point-blank range. Tartar In fact passed through the enemy's line and. again turned to the northward. She enraged the leading destroyer which was repeatedly hit. In the melee which followed an enemy destroyer was torpedoed by Ashanti and blew up.

A destroyer of Narvik class broke off to the eastward and Haida and Huron gave chase, finally bringing- her ashore on the "Isle de Bas In flames after a brisk gun action. The enemy vessel went ashore at 30 knots at whlth she might have been presumed a total loss, but to make certain, she was bombed again. The two other enemy destroyers made away to the west persued by the Javelin, Eskimo and the two Polish ships. The two Germans escaped but not 'before they had been hit. The Tartar continued in action although hit and has returned safely to harbor.

The Haida was commanded by Cmdr. H. G. De Wolf, D.S.O. of Halifax and the Huron was under Lieut.

Cmdr, H. S. Rayner, D.S.C. "the Huron Haida were in familiar territory when they forced the Nazi ship ashore on the Isle de Bas, about 15 miles northwest of Morlalx in Brittany where the English Channel opens into the Atlantic. It was in that area last April 26 that these two ships with the gallant Athabaskan and the Ashanti caught three German destroyers of the fast Elbing class and sank -one.

Three days later, in another Channel action, the Athabaskan was split In two by an enemy torpedo and sunk but the Haida exacted- quick revenge, driving an Elbing class destroyer ashore in flames. Noted War Reporter Says Fighting Most Savage Ever Seen By HENRY GORRELL. WITH THE PARATROOPS. years of war corresponding I have never witnessed "such savage fighting as has gone on in the last two days in this drop zone for our airborne troops, There has not been time to bury the dead. Things are too hot for that.

The Germans are tossing mortars at us. The air force. is unable to bomb In view of. the fact that both Americans and Germans are scattered over a wide area ner nd the fighting is jmostly from tree to tree and hedge to hedge. To reach this battle zone I passed, through two French town captured by airborne troops and taken by house-to-house grenade and bayonet fighting.

The Germans had been smoked out and their bodies lay Porstrnflnon hiiv. r' out fighting and outwitting the Ger mans, although often heavily outnumbered. The casualties lately have been heavy as the Germans sent In one of their own crack parachute regiments came by truc to stem our advance. These units Rangers Scaled Sheer Cliffs By JOSEPH DRISCOLL. BAIE DE LA SEINE, France, June 9(CP) In one of th minor l-.

A fl.t 1 Duryim pnases oi ine greatm-vasion operation, a force of Rangers overcame enemy cliff-top positions by climbing up rone ladders in the face of withering fire The Rangers American equivalent of Commandos were as-' signed to knock out six German gun positions cunningly placed in caves at the top of a sheer 200-foot'cliff. Only picked volunteers took part. Plans called for them to go in before dawn to beaches in amphibious ducks on which aerial extension ladders similar to those used by firemen had been fitted, but huge boulders blocked the way and it was impossible to get the craft close enough inshore. Undeterred, the Rangers waded to the beach in darkness and with a Lyle gun fired a grappling hook into the air. It caught on the edge of the cliff and one man used it to clamber upwards, carrying four rope ladders which he put in While some of their comrades created a diversion farther down the beach, the Rangers crept up the ladders, carrying what equipment they could.

They were detected, but the top of the cliff jutted out 'sufficiently to afford them some protection, and they hurled back hand-grenades with great effectiveness themselves. When they reached, the summit they rushed four of the German gun positions, knocking them out by flinging TNT charges. A fifth gun had been knocked out by aerial action. A sixth gun had been moyed Inland but when they attacked in daylight the gun crew surrendered. i rr 1 AMERICANS LIE DEAD ON casualties In the storming of the Official Statement 8 SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, Allied Expeditionary Force, June 9.

(CP) Statement No. 8: American troops are across the Carentan-Volognes road In several places and have cut the broad gauge railway to Cherbourg, Further gains have been made west and southwest of Bayeux. Fighting is severe in the area of Caen where the enemy is making a determined effort to stem the advance. The weight of armor on both sides is increasing and heavy fighting continues in all areas. Enemy strongpolnts previously bypassed have now been eliminated.

The weather has deteriorated, but our beachheads are being steadily developed. Poor visibility and stormy weather reduced Allied air activity to a minimum over the battle area today. During the 24 hours to eight o'clock this morning 46 targets were engaged by Allied warships which shelled enemy concentrations and coastal batteries. Before dawn this morning H.M.S. Tartar (Cmdr.

B. Jones, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.) i with H.M.S. Ashanti (Lt. Cmdr. J.

R. Barnes, R.N.) and Huron Lt. Cmdr. H. S.

Rayner, D.S.O., R.C.N.), O.R.P. Blyskawica, H.M.S. Eskimo E. N. Sinclair, R.N.), O.R.P.

Pioron, and H.M.S. Javelin (Lt P. B. N. Lewis, DS.C, R.N.), in company, intercepted a force of German destroyers which had previously been reported Ushant by coastal aircraft.

The enemy was sighted and our ships turned toward them, avoiding their torpedoes. the course of the action, at times conducted at point-blank range, H.M.S. Tartar passed through the enemy's lines. One enemy destroyer was togedoed and blew up. A second was driven ashore in flames.

Two others escaped after receiving damage by gunfire. H.M.S. Tartar sustained some damage and a few casualties, but continued in action and has returned safely to harbor. Unsuccessful attempts "were, again made after dawn by E-boats to enter the assault area both from the east and west They were intercepted OTTAWA'S LARGEST COLD iFUR STORAGE 215 SLATER STREET VISITORS WELCOME COME AND SEE HOW FURS SHOULD PHONE BE Vou Are Invited to visit the Rotary uhcp hje $1.00 Shares on Drawing FRENCH BEACH These are dead American soldiers the first Allied beachhead in northern France. (AP Wirephoto.) Germans Predict Of Belgium Next LONDON, June 9.

(JP German broadcasts predicted today that the Allies would invade Belgium soon "between Dunkerque and said "special Canadian troops are in readiness" and reported that airborne reinforcements' on the invasion front were helping to pack an Allied punch in an increasingly bitter battle of Normandy. Predicting the new invasion, the German radio said: "Divisions ready in Northeast England and Scotland have not yet been thrown into the fight. It can be assumed a big part of these forces will be thrown Into' some invasion attempt which should start within ihe next few days. "Combined action is being expected somewhere between Dunkerque and Ostende. For this, special Canadian troops are in readiness as well as several airborne and very strong tank divisions.

Apart from Montgomery's army, Eisenhower has at his disposal more than 50 divisions, half of which are allocated for the French-Belgian expedition." (Atlantic, purportedly a secret anti-Nazi radio station, said to- and driien off by light coastal forces. Off the Point de Bar-fleur in a short gun action hits were observed on two of the enemy before they escaped. During the night destroyers under command of Rear-Admiral Don Pardee Moon, U.S.N., intercepted a force of heavily-armed enemy craft between the mainland and the Isles de San Marcouf and drove them off. During the 24 hours to eight o'clock this morning, 48 gets were engaged by Allied warships. Spotting for these ships was carried out both by aircraft and military forward observation officers who had been landed with the assault troops.

H.M.S. Belfast (Capt. F. R. Parham, D.S.O., R.N.), wearing the flag of Rear-Admiral F.

H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton, C.B., and H.M.S. Frobisher (Capt. J.

F. W. Montford, R.N.), have done considerable execution of enemy concentrations. This morning H.M.S. Frobisher neutralized two enemy batteries and destroyed ammunition dump.

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