FIRST BRITISH GUN SALUTE FOR VICTORY
LONDON, May 6 The first British victory gun salute of the war was fired outside Field - Marshal Montgomery’s headquarters yesterday afternoon, cables a correspondent with the British 2nd Army. The salute was fired by three batteries of eight guns each. Twenty-four heavy anti-aircraft guns each discharged 21 salvoes to celebrate the surrender of Field-Marshal Busch’s forces facing the 21st Army Group.
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Northern Advocate, 7 May 1945, Page 3
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