LIBERATION OF EUROPE: CHURCHILL VISITS BATTLE FRONT.

ON JUNE 12TH, 1944, MR. CHURCHILL; ACCOMPANIED BY FIELD MARSHAL SMUTS AND FIELD MARSHAL SIR ALAN BROOKE, CHIEF OF THE IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF. CROSSED THE CHANNEL IN THE BRITISH DESTROYER KELVIN TO VISIT THE MORMANDY LANDING BEACHES. THE PRIME MINISTER STOOD ON THE BRIDGE OF THE DESTROYER WHILE SHE WAS BOMBARDING ENEMY POSITIONS ON THE FRENCH COAST FROM CLOSE RANGE. GOING ASHORE IN A "DUCK" MR. CHURCHILL WAS GENERAL MONTGOMERY AND RECEIVED A GREAT WELCOME FROM TROOPS UNLOADING STORES ON THE BEACH, FOR 7 HOURS HE REMAINED IN FRANCE, DRIVING INLAND IN A JEEP TOWARDS THE BATTLE ZONE AND PAYING VISITS TO DIFERENT ALLIED UNITS THROUGHOUT HIS TRIP. SUBSEQUENTLY HE RE-EMBARKED IN H.M.S. KELVIN TO MAKE A 30 MILE TOUR OF THE COASTLINE BEFORE RETURNING TO BRITAIN.

PHOTO SHOWS: THE PRIME MINISTER LIGHTS A CIGAR AS HE AND GENERAL MONTGOMERY SET OUT IN A JEEP TO GO INLAND.

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