INVASION TRIAL

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 230, 29 September 1942, Page 4

INVASION TRIAL

DIEPPE'S PURPOSE

Chance Sea Encounter p_t Enemy On Guard

United Press Association— Con™_.. Rec. 2 p.m. LONDON, Wallace Rcyhurn, the \r Standard correspondent j,? ntre ai Dieppe i-aid, who is a son H* Auckland dentist, Mr \y t> hum. speaking at a luncheon at Canafiian Club, answered som P nfHH e questions frequently- raispri c « I lne Dieppe. He said the reason f 0 raid was as a prelude to a ftL™? front. Dieppe was chosen W SO " 1 the proximity of English airi£!! se possfble. ProleCtlVG 3erial <**8 Asked whether it was a r mando raid, he replied" "No It 0" an invasion rehearsal. with'hiS? armed infantry and tanks." Asked if anything hampered w success, he replied that artLs? encounter with German patroHvS? gave a warning to the enemv ing heavier casualties than 3 otherwise have occurred.

Asked if the Germans were pared or surprised, he said theE4i« encounter prepared the the left flank, but the raidersrm right flank dug the Nazis out with bayonets. The security cautions were perfect.

Tank landings Difficult

Asked if the tank landings successful. Mr. Reyburn repUedflS the sea wall caused the great difficulty in getting tart? ashore but German tures showed that thev penetrate great distance. He also said thai bombers were not used to "so up the coast beforehand becaSL that would have eliminated tht*2« ment of surprise. w

Further asked if Dieppeiwas-wmft jt-he heavy r casualties, he [vGertaiffiy. It was realised fhand'that they would" be hewvjfc ■the military knowledge gaJ&§jS2£ ifiie invaluable ami was a second front cao£ flafinched""

Mr„ Reyburn added 9at t» remained cool. One"f»i& bringing in hay vomer cycled atong a street/aSr fsfieflfire.

In regard- to the part in playedrtjy British troops, Sfi; Jfc. burn said he was disgusted afl shocked to hear statements flat Canadians wer-e used unnecessair and that British troops hsbtn saved. "Such a statement nnst make Goebbels rub his gfee," he a'ddbd. "The sis'ted on forming a spearhead o{ this, invasion rehearsal becawse, as General Bfe*cl*Sraghton sa&L fev wantedfeto." Mr; ifeyiJUirji recalled thespaetihe British iCarrrmandos cany-

•ing -outftlJe 'dangerous task jingithe German Tbeißfltii •Savjf, too, was wonderfpL The jsaflors coo&y. dad ttieir ddiies with jgaping woctTKis m their arma god -bodies. They necer flinched.

#sked if the troops were dfccour- 1 aged by the action, he rep&ri, I '"Assuredly nqt. A typical refecto. f was - thai otf the soldier who gad, | a navy and sir M ffcSjjce, ifm ready to go back §: and Wast hefl out of |