NOT TO BE DRAWN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 June 1944, Page 4

NOT TO BE DRAWN

s, BY NAZI FISHING TACTICS ,r ALLIED SUPREME COMMAND. e y AVOIDANCE OF INFORMATIVE DETAILS. , ” (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) is (Received This Day, 9.20 a.m.) :t LONDON, June 7. s it was stated today that Shaef g wiil not be drawn into revealing anything likely to aid the enemy. e The Germans are issuing provocative statements about where or .. where not we are attacking, in the n hope that they will be confirmed or ’ s denied. r General Eisenhower wants to keep lS the enemy in the dark, and therefore no details of place names or where s fighting is going on will be published, e nor will any exact indications be given as to where the front line is situated. I Lieut.-General Bradley, commander-in-chief of the American invasion troops, is commanding the American { troops in France. General Bradley served with distinction in North Africa, first as deputy-commander and later when he succeeded General Patton as t commander of the Second Army Corps. THE NAVY’S TASK. (, Hitler and Doenitz wisely decided to avoid a naval action in the early stages of the invasion, but it is expected that they will order hit and run, suicide operations as the German position becomes more desperate, says a combined ! Press correspondent aboard a destroyer ’ off the French coast. The Allied navies ' have only begun their big job, which ' Involves the constant ferrying of troops, guns, tanks, ammunition and : food for many weeks. They must be ■ prepared for ruthless attacks by 100 to ■ 200 U-boats, and about 100 E-bpats. The German reconnaissance must have re-. 1 vealed to Berlin that the Allies intend 1 to have French noris working as swiftly as Italian ports have been brought . 'into operation.