LINE STRAIGHTENING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 145, 19 June 1944, Page 5

LINE STRAIGHTENING

I WORK OF BRITISH TROOPS | Recd. 7.15 p.m. Rugby, June 17. i In the central sector of the French | front British troops have been engaged in straightening the line, re- , ports a correspondent. Several small j bulges west and east of Tilly-sur-Seulles had to be punched out. The British had to light for every yard 1 hut were qot heavily counter-attack-ed. Enemy troops suffered very heavy losses and are very tired. They also appear to be feeling the effects of the British barrage. West Tilly-sur-Seulles our troops made an advance last night of nearly two miles in thickly wooded country where enemy snipers were able to cover all paths and lanes. The correspondent adds: “I saw eremy planes for the first time since | I landed on D-Day. I was visiting a I command post when two FW 190’s

dived from low clouds with guns and cannons blazing. We had hardly collected ourselves when the telephone rang. It was a message from a forward unit that they had shot down one of the two enemy machines. A minute or two later another call came to say that another anti-aircraft gun had shot down th? other.”—B O.W.