TOUGH GOING

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 149, 26 June 1944, Page 5

TOUGH GOING

OTHER PARTS OF FRONT

LONDON, June 25.

South of Cherbourg progress was not spectacular yesterday, because' it was tough going through' hedgerows and over German pill-boxes against a., hail of German counter-fire, but the Americans at some points made as much as one-half to three-quarters of a mile.

.The story is the same all along the front—a drive forward inch after inch through some Of the most formidable defences the Americans have encountered in Europe. A local advance in the Caen area followed a fierce attack by the enemy's infantry and tank forces in the vicinity of Saint .Honorine Le Chafdonnerette, four miles north-east of Caen. The Germans threw in about 35 tanks, at' least 15 of which, were knocked out, including six by rocket-firing Typhoons. A staff officer said that the fighting, though confused, was still going satisfactorily. St. Honorine La Chardonnerette, which is east of the River Orne, is reported to be in Allied hands. Fighting oh the Tilly sector is still local in character. There are enemy units between Tilly and Hottot. It it believed that Hottot is held by Allied troops.; . . : British armour won a. smashing yicory on a vital sector east of the River Orne when, for slight losses, it put out of action 20 of a force of 35 German Mark IV and Tiger tanks, stated Reuters correspondent with the British forces in. France. Tanks, anti-tank guns, and rocket-firing Typhoons on Friday night cut the enemy to ribbons. Our infantry, following up this success, is now consolidating its positions. The Saint Honorine sector has npvv quietened down, with the British sitting securely in positions more than 1000 yards forward of the line we held on Friday.