FIGHT UNTIL DEATH

Evening Star, Issue 25225, 12 July 1944, Page 5

FIGHT UNTIL DEATH

GERMAN RESISTANCE ON ORNE FRONT FIERCE BATTLING AT HOTTOT (Rec. 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 11. The Germans are fighting until they are killed over the whole front along the river Orne, states Reuter's correspondent. The battle raged all day, and to-night the enemy were hurling armour and .men into local actions. The line of fighting extends from Hottot on the west to Colombelles. Hill 112 changed hands thrice to-day. Latest reports state that British forces occupy it firmly to-night. Very fierce nghting was still going on on the outskirts of Hottot at 7 p.m. Typhoons swept in low to fire rockets into the German positions. General Dempsey's spokesman said the British Second Army in the last .72 hours had knocked out about 80 tanks in the fighting north-west of Caen and in the corridor between the Orne and the Odon. German planes raided Caen this morning, states Reuter's correspondent. The town is not yet equipped with sirens, so the people had no warning before the flak started up and bombs from 20 low-flying planes fell. Hundreds of people rushed 1 to the cellar in the Palais de Justice, in which they had been living for weeks, and frohi which they had ventured! for the .first timethis morning.