SEIZING CHANCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24972, 15 August 1944, Page 5

SEIZING CHANCE

ALLIED OPPORTUNITY FLEETING BUT DEFINITE MAJOR VICTORY POSSIBLE (Herd. 11.30 p.m.) LONDON. Aug. 11 The Supreme Allied Commander, General Eisenhower, has issued an Order of the Day to all the men under his command. "Allied soldiers, sailors and airmen," it. says, "through your combined skill, valour and fortitude you have created in France a fleeting but definite opportunity for a major Allied victory. If this is realised it will mean notable progress toward the final downfall of our enemy. An Unstinted Response

"In the past I have, in moments of unusual significance, made special appeals to the Allied forces it has been my honour to command. Without exception the response has been unstinted and the result be.vond my expectation. "Because the victory we can now achieve is infinitely greater than any that has so far been possible to accomplish in the West, and because this opportunity may be grasped only through the utmost in zeal, determination and speedy action, I make my present appeal to you more urgent than ever before. "1 request every airman to make it his direct responsibility that the enemy is blasted unceasingly by day and by night and denied sanctuary anywhere. No Escape by Sea "I request every sailor to make sure that no part of the hostile forces can ever escape or be reinforced by sea and that our comrades on the land want nothing that guns and ships and ships' companies can bring to them. "I request every soldier to go forward to his assigned objective with the determination that the enemy can survive only through surrender. Lot no foot of ground, once gained, be relinquished, nor a single German escape through a line once established. With your resolute action we can make a victory momentous in the history of this war."