INVASION IN THE WEST

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 272, 12 August 1943, Page 5

INVASION IN THE WEST

British Writer Tells Of

Present Signs

LONDON, August 10.

“Mr, Churchill's prediction that there will be heavy fighting in the Mediterranean and elsewhere ‘before the leaves of autumn have fallen has been real-, ized in the Mediterranean,” says Reuter’s military writer. There is reason to believe that while operations may be extended there, it will also be true of elsewhere in the near future, as our Russian allies hope aud our Axis enemies fear. “When and where the blow will fall can only be surmised, but there are a number of corroborative indications from which it is possible to draw conclusions not far removed from the truth. Tuns, as already announced, there has been the arrival in Britain of substantial American and Canadian reinforcements, ail fully trained. The American air forces and air liases in Britain have been greatly increased, and there is a noticeable increase in rail traffic which is not accounted for by the summer holiday traffic. “Enemy planes cannot have overlooked the sudden growth in military encampments in certain vital regions in Britain which have sprung up like so many vast fields of camouflaged mushrooms. “There has also been a noticeable influx of senior officers from other theatres of war. There arc indications that the people of certain areas are expecting the imposition of restrictions similar to those which were recently enforced in South Wales. Reports indicate that schools nnd other large buildings are being requisitioned in these areas. “Air traffic between Britain and Sweden has been interrupted for some time past, for various reasons, among which security plays a large part. . . . Finally, there is the season. The harvest will soon be gathered in Britain, and one generally expects periods of fine, settled weather.

“It is clear from these elements that there is something brewing, but there is nothing to show whether the thrust will be from the north, from the east, or from the south. It may be directed against any part of Germany’s exposed coastline from the 'North Cape to the Bay of Biscay.”