CANADIANS’ SHARE

Evening Star, Issue 24281, 24 August 1942, Page 3

CANADIANS’ SHARE

PRIDE IN ACHIEVEMENT NEW YORK, Aug. 22. The Ottawa correspondent of the ‘ New York Times 5 says that Canada has been thrilled by the stories of the Dieppe attack, in which Canadian units from Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Windsor, and Hamilton played a conspicuous part. With the thrill of satisfaction, however, has come a full realisation of what the United Nations’ armies must face before they can make good their promises to liberate the peoples under Nazi domination. Tlie casualties at Dieppe and the other beaches were heavy, and it is evident that the raid failed to surprise the enemy, who was ready and made very skilful use of the intricate ground. The moral which is being drawn here from tlie whole adventure is, therefore, a sober one. There is no questioning the necessity for the attack and no criticism of the manner in which it was carried through. It is recognised that its actual accomplishments cannot be fully appraised without more knowledge, but it is considered that it has shown that any attempt to land hn France with a view to establishing permanent contact with enemy forces will have to be made on a scale and manner very different from that of this raiding force. According to a Vancouver message, Lieutenant-general Stuart, Chief of the General Staff, said: “In the Dieppe raid we walked into the Bodies’ parlour through the front door at a time we chose, and left by the same front door when we wanted to leave. We were able to test the Boche defences, test the landing arrangements under actual combat conditions, kill the Huns, and destroy what we could.” An Ottawa message says the Government has released two casualty lists since the battle of. Dieppe totalling 48 killed, 23 missing, and 53 wounded.