A BOLD STEP
"MONTY'S" USE OF TANKS
_.- M„» *. LONDON, February 26. > Field-Marshal Montgomery threw in his tanks in a big way riear Kalkar, at the northern tin of *is 75 miles- - front, says the correspondent of the Daily Mail" on the Maas-Rhine front, We are allowed to say that Montgomery is using armour in great strength," he adds. "It is the first time tanks have been used on the Western Front this month on such a large scale. "Montgomery took a bold step in committing armour on such a scale in February, in spite of the drying wind of the past few days. It rained heavily last night, and many of our tanks were bogged when they left the roads to fan out across the fields. Some became sitting targets for the enemy gunners."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 50, 28 February 1945, Page 5
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134A BOLD STEP Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 50, 28 February 1945, Page 5
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