GIRONDE BATTLE
BACK OF ENEMY RESISTANCE
BROKEN
LONDON, April 16. The back of the German resistance on both sides of the Gironde Estuary has been broken. The remnants of the garrison of 20,000 are fleeing under a murderous hail of bombs and shells says a British United Press correspondent. The Germans are falling back to the northern tips of the Royan and Point de Grave pockets for a final stand.
French forces on Point de Grave after bounding forward four miles' nave pinned the Germans in a narrow ar.ea on the north tip of the peninsula with their backs to the sea, where they must surrender or fight to the death.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 91, 18 April 1945, Page 5
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