WEATHER BREAKS
BAD FOR INVASION
TROOPS DISAPPOINTED
(United Press Association—Copyright.)
(British. Official Wireless.) (Rec. 9 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 17
According to agency messages the first autumn gale was blowing over the Straits of Dover today. During the night the southwesterly wind reached gale force. Big seas are running and pounding the beaches, and the -weather conditions generally are bad.
This break in the weather, producing conditions unfavourable to an attempt at invasion by the Germans, is reported to have caused keen disappointment among British troops on the coast, who are eagerly waiting for the battle to begin. The Commander-in-Chief oi the Home Forces (General Sir Alan Brooke), in ail interview, said: “No doubt our forces will be able to handle any German invaders. I would actually welcome an invasion and tlie opportunity of throwing them back into t'he sea. They have done it to us twice. It is about time we got some of our own back.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 249, 18 September 1940, Page 7
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157WEATHER BREAKS Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 249, 18 September 1940, Page 7
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