RAIDS BY COMMANDOS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20661, 12 January 1942, Page 7

RAIDS BY COMMANDOS

"TERROR” FOR GERMANS AN AMERICAN ACCOUNT NEW YORK, Nov. 26. The daring undercover shock tactics of England’s Commandos have been kept secret, but for months London has been ringing with dramatic stories of battle and sudden death behind the German coastal defences. Ralph Ingersoll, editor of the New York newspaper P.M., who has just returned from a world tour by way of Russia and Britain, writes in bis newspaper of the Commandos that the British regard -them as really “professional terrorists” for activities inL Gorman-occupied territory. He says:— “The men are landed somewhere on the coast or occasionally dropped by parachute. They have a rendezvous with a British boat somewhere on the coast arranged for, say, two weeks later. During these two weeks they hunt in small packs behind the German lines, getting food and occasionally being hidden in the daytime by friendly French or Belgians or Norwegians. “At night they will perhaps hold up a German officers’ dance with sub-machine guns, separate the men from the women and, lining the for r mer up against one wall, shoot them down. Then they will escape through the windows and doors, and those who are not caught will dome together at an agreed upon place to plan the next adventure. “Or they may bomb power stations with hand grenades, tap wires, and, when they can, capture a prisoner or two to take home for grilling.”