HARRASSING RAID URGED

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 15 September 1941, Page 6

HARRASSING RAID URGED

ENEMY-OCCUPIED f:OASTI-INES PROPOSAL BY SUNDAY PRESS (Rec. 1.55 p.nt.i I.nndon. Sept. 14 Harassing raids by British forces on enemy-occupied coastlines is urged bv Mr John Gordon, editor of the ' Sunda v Express. "We arc pouring supplies into Russia, but arc the supplies enough? Look how the cauldron boils in Europe. In Norway the people are aflame with revolt. Tn France they shoot and stab the hated invader In Holland great welcoming crowds gather at coasts on a mere rumour that the British are coming. Can we do nothing more for these people than talk to them over the radio? Can’t we harry the coastlines even :f only to hearten the population ns they strive to break their chains? A large and completely equipped expeditionary force may be out of the question, but is a large cxpeditionary force necessary? To pin- - prick the Germans I would'take picked divisions of the army and allot them each 500 miles of enemy coast To each unit I would attach a keen-witted young I R.A.F. group captain and a young j Nava! captain with power to call in ; the necessary air and naval assistance (Tien I would say to them. ‘Your job is not to land and stay, but to harrv v Car < terrify and kill the Germans by every trick you can devise.’ ” —U PA.