As the battle raged on on the beaches of Normandy, the Examiner continued its coverage of the aftermath of the D-Day landings in northern France on June 6, 1944.
Communiques from the Supreme Allied Headquarters and General Eisenhower on Wednesday June 7 reported more air-borne landings over night, with British Commandos and US Rangers joining the fight.
The Examiner's report on the second day of the operation said 'satisfactory progress' had been made and Allied warships were bombarding the enemy's coastal batteries.
Railways, communications and bridges were also targeted.
It said: "From dawn to dusk the vast Allied fighter force maintained vigil over our shipping and over the assault area. This air cover was again completely successful.
War correspondent Alfred M Lee wrote: "Our main efforts were again by heavy bombers attacking anything that would help the enemy to reinforce the landing area, and this cost the Luftwaffe 26 planes."
Click below to download a copy of the original D-Day report published in the Examiner 70 years ago.
The location of the fighting and the Allied front line were not published in order to keep the enemy in the dark about troops' locations.
Supreme Headquarters said that in the total Allied naval forces engaged in the operation there were more officers and men than there were in the Royal Navy at the beginning of the war.
Vichy radio in France broadcast updates from the French militia on the progress of the Allied operation.
A spokesman said: "A storm of fire and steel has descended on Normandy, and Joseph Darnand calls on your to take up arms and assemble under the leadership of your chiefs."
He continued: "Be on your toes for the coming events and do not desert your units."
The Examiner headline on Thursday June 8, two days on from the initial invasion, read: "Normandy battle increases in intensity".
It reported: "Official news and correspondents' reports from France indicate that one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the war is in full swing in the towns and villages of Normandy and on green fields and roads flanking the coast between Havre and Cherbourg."
Bayeux was liberated by Allied troops and General Montgomery told told journalists "everything is going excellently".
And Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons: "Remember, although great dangers lie behind, enormous exertions lie before us."
The last reports of the D-Day operation featured in the Examiner on Friday June 9, with the headline "Beach-head build up goes on 'without halt'".
The page proclaimed: "Strongpoints of resistance being steadily reduced" and Allied progress "in all sectors".
Alfred M Lee wrote: "With the knowledge that German reserves are now in action on all the front (ten enemy divisions have been identified) and the statement that Allied progress has been maintained, there would seem good reason for sober confidence."
Friday's report also included a rather unusual report from a Combined Press reporter about his experience as war correspondent in France.
It read: "I had to swim ashore with my pack and my waterproofed typewriter.
"I found a house in which to start writing. There was a handsome old couple there, a retired sailor and his wife. They hostered over me like hens with chicks.
"The woman dried my feet as I worked and brought me socks and felt slippers.
"Then she brought me fried eggs and strawberries. She said, 'Monsieur, you would make me very happy if you ate the eggs'. So I did."
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