SECOND FRONT
CANADIANS REHEARSE
LONDON, July 15. . A powerful Canadian attack force, in co-operation with the Navy and the Royal Air Force, has completed large-scale invasion manoeuvres off the British coast. A Canadian war correspondent with the force described them as “a prelude to what may be major military operations on the European coast.”. The convoy of fighting men was a most impressive sight. The troops carried all the arms an attacking force would require if it went to the Low Countries, Norway, or France. The raid fleet sailed early .in the morning, and then the Navy brought the ships to the rendezvous, massing small craft for the run to the beaches. Groups of assault craft proceeded to the short protected by gunboats and motor-launches. Behind these came other craft and more infantry, while the Royal Air Force flew over. Suddenly heavily-gun-ned beach protection craft darted ahead and fired smokeshells in the path of the invaders, who later touched the beaches, fought obstacles, established a bridgehead, and landed in strength. The manoeuvres were watched by senior British and United States naval and Army officers.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 July 1942, Page 5
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