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ACTIVITY OF HIGH AIRCRAFT
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to their operations.
on OUP arrival, they varo chiefly compied in
weeking Denicipic and the part. It was guite out of the
question to use the harbour at all, and my first renotion
was that evacuation would have to be done from the beaches.
IS soon become obvious, however, that they were not
including the plan in their attentions. AS times they
vore hold off by 3 fine morning mist which sometimes
permisted until afternoon. AS Sexe times, when the wind
was Invourable, a houry pall of anote from burning oil tanks,
morning they mdo attempts to mohine an the besches, but
to the larguly obscured the pier. During the
becomed but only for a brief pariod. Had they particated,
were held off by andi-aireraft fire. the beaches vere also
they would have inflicted terrific losses on us, for there they
ware later attached the pier, with dive banbare, smk three ships
goldom loss than 10,000 troops on the benches.
and damaged. the pier. Had they permisted in these
successful attacks on the ydar and ships alongaide, the
evacuation could nover have been achieved. They soon, the
however, and on one day (31st), no loss than 100 the booking pier.
turned their attention to ships lying off
beaches, made on ships within too miles of
Happily, base on other weeks. by this the make also, them more
attacks was at Least 3b books vare dropped on one large work Bofore
and may being collected and this comed to ships at
guna ware attacking the piem. The havey attacks arrivals on during
shy sea of compelled DD to stop all millings and
daylight.
return Common to on the busbing of and its part and bastion.
the last dig, they speared once more to
fighters vara occasionally in fighters evidence
escorting their may missure basbors. of valief, AS but since the our oky om is a big place present give and
us a great directors to if our adversis the French, ware and 1000
10 was often when our aircraft did arrive than,
02 frequently not. the British, opened fire on
already fait disputed of
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