EFFECTIVE TIMING
Dieppe Raid Described As Necessary Preliminary (Received October IG, 7 p.m.) MONTREAL, October 10. With his arm in a and the D.b.U. ribbon on his chest, Lieutenant-Colonel Dollard Menard, leading 17 Dieppe survivors, shyly faced 50 newsmen. He described the bloody fight at Dieppe as an enlightening and necessary preliminary to the forthcoming permanent landing. Menard and others declared that German prisoners were treated honourably and the wounded with great kindness. Security precautions were excellent, and the raid accomplished its object. "Our tanks, planes and naval craft timed (heir operations effectively,” he added, ‘and the men. are ready to return tomorrow and finish tho job.”
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 19, 17 October 1942, Page 7
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107EFFECTIVE TIMING Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 19, 17 October 1942, Page 7
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