Newspaper account of Dieppe raid

The Dieppe Raid was a Second World War Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe. The raid took place on the northern coast of France on 19 August 1942. The assault began at 5:00 a.m. and by 10:50 a.m. the Allied commanders were forced to call a retreat. Over 6,000 infantrymen, predominantly Canadian, were supported by limited Royal Navy and large Royal Air Force contingents. No major objectives of the raid were accomplished. A total of 3,623 of the 6,086 men (almost 60%) who made it ashore were either killed, wounded, or captured. John Dibblee was one of those captured.

These are Daily Telegraph accounts of the raid, dated Sep 19 1942. John's son, Robin, says "I think the only reason that Pa kept the Dieppe landing cutting was that it was hilariously incorrect! First of all that it was a success and secondly that the tank landings were also successful. From the detailed investigations conducted afterwards, the tank landings were an utter failure with the shingle beaches providing insufficient grip for the tank tracks, rendering them immobile."

This is a long account, over two long pages, so I have had to scan it in bits. I have tried to give an overlap - not too much, but I thought that a repeated couple of lines was better than losing some. Click on pic for larger version.