A man in the uniform of a British officer spoke to him on the beach in good English. He said he must move his men two miles further long the beach, He was about to comply when he met a naval officer, who told him there was no order to do "An hour afterwards, the point to put over a terrific barrage for 36 hours. We heard there had been request from the Germans for a little time in which to bury their dead.
'We. answered with another six hours' barrage even more severe than the original one. It seems to me Hitler is desperate, His losses have been enormous. "British troops! forced to leave cover to retreat must be fighting as no other troops ever have fought before."
"Another British artillery man said the Allies had "stemmed the German rush marvellously. We have not! slept for days," he said. "Most of
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