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THE CHINA MALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1940. THE FORTY-SEVENTH INSTALMENT,

CRUSADE IN EUROPE

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As Juno faded into Joly we closely watched the situation to determine whether secondary Innding would prove profitable to us. “'More' and more I turned against it. One reason was that our air forces and our deceptive threats were prevent- from buikling

ing the

pan (mmble Hue in front

attack,

ing troops.

Yesterday we printed at length a reply by Mr. A. J. R. Moss, Director of Civil Aviation, to criticisms of his attitude towards representa- tives of the Press after the Basall Island air crash. On the surface it sounded very plausible the responsible public official, conscious of the onerous burdens of his duty, harassed by thought-lect less reporters and photo-bounds. graphers after sensation.

at I

It was the sort of story which goes down well with sympathetic friends dinner table, when the an- noying opponent is unable to give his side of the case or point to the weaknesses in une's argument. For even a casual examination shows up the clearly the flaws in

Weley apologia of Mr. Moss. are quite sure the Director Was

served facts.

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Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Own Story Of The War

In Europe

Chapter 15 BREAKOUT

THE FIRST CRITICAL OB-

in the

mouth of the Orne, was

June.

An

As the days wore on after the

I

this

Indeed

Instance,

furt

Was

attack,

But the British

and supporting banks are clouble, forming a ready-munde trench bo- tween then, and of course afford- ing almost the ultimate in battle- field protection And matural entnooilage. In almost every row were hidden machine, gunners or small combat teams who were in perfect position to decimate our

Our tanks could help but littlo. Each, attempting to penetraten

the

sion.

German.

effectivents.

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to

In

tas

to

H

our Normandy forces. More-

The effect of carping becomes success on our left should have infantry as they doggedly 'craw- over. I

I knew that any attempt to

more serious when soldiers · Bach made easier attainment, on ourlet and crept to the attack along stare

a secondary landing would also in letters from relatives at right, of a satisfactory jump-oit every avenue of approach. ocension delay in the direct, build-

home who have been led to ex-time from which to Initiate the H.K.$72.00p of our forces and supplies peel the Impossible. Among great wheel.

the main front. I still believed we would have to make major green troops the problem is much the at the Brittany ports, but me serious than among veterans. Initial landing the particulm dis hedgerow, was forced to climb-

almost vertically, thus exposing! The attitude of the latter Wis

press believed that by continuing our well expressed in a remaric maile satisfection of the

the unprotected belly of the tank directed toward the lack of pro- attacks we would get them sooner

and rendering it easy prey to nhy to me one lay y sergeant.

A then by lessening the weight of

our left. Naturally

armour-piercing bullet. who with his railway unit was Gress OR

type of CHU-CHANG-The marriage be- ur blows on the main front to waiting to go farther to the front and all of my senior commanders Equally exasperathig was the fact were called upon constantly

tween Miss M. H, Chu and { *** se mounting of the sec- és or to start some needer and staff were greatly concerned thai, with the tank snuut-thrust | change

in hed Bathing but Altuation near He said, "General, about this stalle construction.

skyward, it was Impossible to denied the satisfaction of the long I spent much time in Frances off the map this job looked easy. Cren. Every possible means of

bring us to bear upon the advances that invariably All

By July 2. conferring frequently with Gen-

but now the Heinles seem to have breaking the deadlock was con- cral Bradley and General Mont-something to say about it. But sidered and 1 repeatedly

enemy; Crews were helpless army with elan

lander 1944, we had urged

in Nor gomery concerning timing and there is nothing wrong with us Montgomery to speed up and to defend themselves or to destroy mandy about 1,000,000 men, t strength DÍ projectad

cluding 13 Amerten, 11 British. lensify his efforts to the limit. Į In this dilesama an American and one Canadian divisions, operations. Such visits with Brad- that a good, rousing victory won't

Montgomery

threw ley were always enjoyable becure."

sergeant-named Culin caune forth the same period we put ashore shared my liking for

after attack gallantly conducted with a simple invention that res- cause he

560,048 ton of supplies and 171,- roaming through the forward

and heavily supported by artillery | ored the

the 532 vehicles. 11 was all hard and areas to talk to the men actually

and air, but

German resistance mi:k cl

sperando exhausthig work but its necom- of battle.

was not crushed. bearing the burden

boost to murale throughout the plishment, paid off in big divi- Further, one must realise that Arm

Army. It consistedad merely in dends when finally We wern many of our personal conferences,

when the enemy, by intensly fastening to the front of the tank ready to go full out against the throughout the war, were con-

1** ducted during the trips Wo 60

enemy. During these first tiree textes, cut weeks we took 41,000 prisoners. often made together to the AghtJECTIVE OF THE NORMANDY action or concentration of forces is starts bes

campaign, which was to establish in balking a portion of our own setting somewhat

the back of earth art?

Our casualties totalled 60,771, ot secure beachhead with adequate forces, he usually does an at the through

This art A sergeant who accompanied

area expense of his ability to supports tank to pretrage the stacle

hedges.

allowed whom 8,875 were killed. avenues of supply

During the battling In me everywhere in France was al

between Cherbourg andl the alequately other portions of the the named policeman motorcycle

even on an even keel and with a guns beachhead a particular develop- fully field. His personal

accomplished by tive end of though the breakout would now firing, but actually allowed it to inent was our continued progress Sidney Spiegel. loyalty and his anxiety to pro-

have to be Initiated from farther carry forward, for some distance. the employment of air forces and assist

camouflage of amputat- me knew NG

in direct support of the land bat- From the beginning it was the back than originally plannert, {|

むし kedige

fle. Perfection in ground-air co- He was always particu-

Marshal

As soon as Sergeant Culin_had ordination is sufficult if not im- larly careful about his soldierly conception of Field

be held in demonstrated his invention to his possible to achieve, enemy forces could that appearance, and no matter what Montgomery, Bradley, and myself as obvious that if the mass of

eventually the great move- The miserable conditions of road

Cuen there would be caption it was speedily brought

When a young pilot in a fighter travel, he never delayed shining be by all enormous

ment out of the benchhead would front of

to the attention of General Wat bomber picks up a target on the left wheel, fewer on the Western flank to up his motorcycle and making of bringing our front onto the line se

American columnsfer M. Robertson of the 2d Divi

ground it easily possible himself a model in soldierly ap-

in Ipetumnie

He. In turn, demonstrated a to mistake its identity. of the Seine, with the whole area This was

Afteen thousanel pearance upon arrival

of the difficult type of the appliance to Bradley, who set may be ten to at our tring between that river and the view destination.

and air When

in

unlesa Anally

the Loire and as

us country through which the Amer-about the task of equipping the feel far. Eastward were separated I lost

a devotes Paris In our

to advance, greatest possible number of tanks visibility is perfect be may firm

have possession.cans woull friend and a valued assistant,

this fashion so as to be rearly dimeulty in identifying the exnet This did not imply the adoption) These developments were con- During this period I kept up of R

for the coming battle. A festura spot on the ground over when rigld scheme of grandstantly discussed with Bradley of the ineldent from which our he is flying. In his anxiety to written. telephonic,

ALIYA radio correspondence with

Brad-tactics. It was merely an estimate and Montgomery; the latter was soldiers deri both

soldiers derived a gleeful satis- help his infantry comrades "At the of what we believed would hap-still in charge of tactical co- ley and Montgomery,

fuction was that the steel for the may suftenly decide that the gun con-oidination of ground end of June the beachhead acea pen when once we could

cutting blades

truck or unit he sees on the vas obtained from of our the crowded beachhead.

the obstacles which the German { ground belongs to the enemy, and was to restricted to permit centrate the full power speaking in entire Supreme Headquarters to begin sir-ground-navai 1cam

Ly June 30, Montgomery had had installed against

sa profusely over the instant he does so he starts become convinced, us the beaches of Normandy in pre-diving on it at terrific speed. honesty, with no intention of Its move to France, but in order the enemy we expected to meet chiously

in constant touch within North West France.

Bradley and I already Bal. that

Once having made his decision, vent our landling on that enast befagging the issue, but apart to be

in given However, we were still without his entire concentration senior ground

commanders

Important point 102 on the breakout would have to be his from those

of many

when the First to his torget; his purpose is 10. started my personal headquarters calculations was the fine from launched from the more restrict this contrivance statements which can at least

greatest to France delachment

possible during which we originally Intended to ed line. is directive of that date Army began its tedious Southward achieve the be challenged, others are at July. The battle for position and execute this wheel. This part of clearly stated

advance to achieve a reasonable amount of destruction in the complete variance with ob- of building up reserves progress our inclical prognostications did Second Army on the left would jump-off line for the lig attack, aceting moment available to him.

ed at times with

obtain any real It was difficult disappointing

real Only incessant training and In- not work out and requireri ad- continue its attacks to attract picture of the battle aren slowness and Inspired the press

One doctrination, together with every The two most remarkable in both Britain and America to justment. The plan, formally the greatest possible portion of day a few of us visited a forward kind of appropriate utterances stem from Mr.

by Montgomery

ate, can minimize the danger of writers presented sharp criticism.

on enemy strength, while the Amer-observation tower located on

at- Moss's picture of conditions could not, of course, know the May 15, stated: "Once we can Jenn forces, which had captured hill, which took us to a height mistaken identification

get control of the main

four days enemy Cherbourg

hundred feet above the tuck on our own forces. before, I of about in the United Kingdom. He facts. If everything in war were

aur Our hedgerows.

One method We used was to attacking Granville-Vire-Argen- '¡ would begin a matter of common knowledge lateral

Soulli-stounding refers to two foreign news- papermen, who he admits there would be ng opportunity tan-Falise-Chen, and the area ward with a view to final break vision was so limited that I call put an air faison detachment in 4 tank belonging to the attacking 16 surprise. an alert enemy.

enclosed In it is firmly in our out on the right flank. From thated upon the air forces to take

unit. had police permission

Each such detachment was possession, then we will have nament onward this specific me a fighter plane along th travel, in an official launch

effort to gain given a radio capable of com- the lodgment area we want and battle plan did not

vary, and battle front in an

of what we municating with

the planes In to the island, on condition

a clear impression can begin to expand."

although the nature of the ter- that they would report im-

were up against. Unfortunately, air, and through this means WIS This line we had hoped to have rain and enemy resistance com

even from the vantage point of an not only helped to avoid accidents mediately to the senfor police

by June 23, or D plus 17. In His bined with weather to delay the attude of several thousand feet but were able to direct the air- official there. This, agrees manders criticised.

more detalled presentation of final all-out attack until July 25thers was not much to see that plane onto specific and valuable As turgels. The ground and air, be- the Director, they were pro-mentators voices came into every April 7, Montgomery stated that the interim was used in battling could be classed as helpful.

tween them, developed detailed. ૫૫. ન ceeding to do. when they squad and platoon over the tiny the second great phase of the for position and in building up would be expected under such

to begin the great

mechanisms for Coalitions, the artillery, except techniques and

noticcable were challenged by him. He radios that soldiers would never operation, estimated

abandon, was, he said, following the

shortly after D plus 20; would necessary to sustain us once w for long-range harassing fire, was improvement, with require the

It was dog-¦ degree of success. British Army 10 should get into the open.

nt little usefulness. accepted

Accidents in the other direction course adopted

10 Divot on its left at Folaise,

This, of course,

Red "doughboy" fighting at its the "Times" onward, print "swing with its

placed upon worst. Every division that pur- when "investigating and re-

were just as frequent. More then right toward the American forces

ticipated it came out of that one friendly pikit attempting to

In porting air disasters in the full reports of all air acci- Argentan-Alencon." This meant onerous and irksome task than action hardened, battle-wise, and en-operate with the ground troops United Kingdom, where no dents --plus photographs that Falaise would be in our had at first been anticipated. self-confident.

has been greeted with a storm of. unauthorised person is per- within a few hours of the possession before the great wheat | However, Bradley

rack ny thoroughly Tactics, logistics, and morale-to small-arms fire mitted to go within close crash. It is quite remark began. The line that we actually understood the situation of the these three the higher command-turned to their buses bitterly com- proximity of the scene of the able that Mr. Moss should be held when the breakout began höment and as early as June 20

Crs and

staffs devoted every plaining that the infantry did not want friendly planes accident." He added. "In unaware of this. Should he on plus 50 was approximately had expressed to me the convie-minute of their time. Tactics to seem to

tion that the breakout

early days in gain the best possible line from around. In the 481 the the case in point, it was still Have any lingering that planned for D plus 5. known additionally that the doubts, the "China Mall" but one which had to be accepted. from positions near St. Lo, rather against

This was a far different story, right would have to be stated which to launch the great attack Africa these aceltients were al

the encircling forces. most daily occurrences; by the will be glad to produce evi- Battle is not a one-sided affair. than from the more Southerly Logistics to meet our daily needs time we had won the Battle of dence. The Halifax crash is a case of action and recipro-line originally planted. He senseal to build up the mountains of the Beachhead they had practie- garding this as a gross re- on Grindon Moor, Stafford-cal action repeated over and the task with his usual imper-supplies and to bring in the really ceased.

shire, when eight men lost over again as contestants seek to turbability and set about It in order to make that attack dect- ists at the Press Conference their lives during the freeze-guin position and otter advant workmanlike fashion. He ration-sive. And always we were con- asked Mr. Moss if he really up of February, 1947, was age by which they may inflicted the expenditure of ammunition copied in morale because troops! thought they would touch the main front page story in the greatest possible damage upon all along the front, rotated troops either this or any of the the "News Chronicle", then this case the importance of kept his unlts and logistic ele- their respective opponents. in the front lines, and constantly "evidence." To this there following day and a large the Caen area to the enemy had ments in such condition as to was only a repetition of his photograph, taken at close caused him to use grest force in strike suddenly and with his full responsibility.

range, shows the plane still its defence. Its capture became power when the opportunity Such an attitude is offen- | burning-

a temporary impossibility or, I should present itself. sive in the extreme. British Then there is the strange not that, at just an operation to Compilealing the problem of American and American-newspaper- conflict of evidence about be accomplished at such cost as the breakout on the men are jealous of their re- what Mr. E. M. Allison. to be almost prohibitive.

front was the prevalence of for-

manager

Naturally of putation for integrity, their operations

development midable hedgerows in the bocage refusal to accept bribes or CNAC, said. A highly de- caused dificulties. Had we been country. In this region the fields line their nests by means of pendable and experienced successful in our first rich in have for centuries past been small areas. Information they pick up in reporter of this newspaper is gaining the open ground South livided into very

of Caen. the advance ht the sometimes scarcely more thun their professional capacity. quite certain Mr. Allison Americans to the. Avranches building-lot size, euch surround- To imply that they might stated that the Control [region might have become; In-led by a dense and heavy hedge pocket the "valuable jewel- Tower at Kai Tak had given stead of the dogged battle that it which ordinarily grows out of a lery" can only be termed the Skymaster the "green was, a mere push against Gerbink of earth three or four fest slanderous. One can fairly light" to come in. Mr. Mossman withdrawals. This is, greater in height. Sometimes those hedges ask, in such circumstances, denies that this remark was hre Government officials, ever made, but Mr. Allison

to

plane had carried a quantity

of valuable jewellery." Re-

flection, the foreign journal-

The

In temporary stalemaks, how ever, there always exists the problem of maintaining morate among Aghting men while they

and

are

meanwhile hearing their suffering losses

The

are

com-

this

police, etc., absolutely above himself has never contradict DO YOU

snapping up a diamond neck-ed it.

KNOW-

YOUR

HONG KONG?

lace or gold armlet? Were The Director of Civil Avia- all persons searched before tion has in fact retreated not] leaving the scene, just to be at all from the autocratic at- sute?

titude which was the basis of Then, said the Director, in the original complaint that Britain "no photograph of an | to him accredited reporters aircraft accident is permitted and photographers are to be to be published in the initial regarded be interfering busy- stages of Investigation, and bodies who will wait in published statements are definitely fortists-prefer- similerly restricted to con- |:ably until an official Inquiry Lain, only bare essentials." has been held no matter

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kwor la in, Pago bewilderment, of the kind tion.

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