THE NAVY OFF THE BEACHES: Shelling the Germans Around Cherbourg and Clearing Away the Invasion Wreckage
... A CURTAIN OF FIRE IS PUT UP BY BRITISH WARSHIPS during a night bombing attack off the Normandy coast. When enemy night raiders came over and tried to bomb the Allied armada in the anchorage at Ouistreham, British warships put up a terrific barrage. These two pictures were taken from the cruiser Mauritius they show tracer fire from the Navy streaking up into the darkness and creating an almost ...