A Southern British Port, Feb. 9, 1945 (CP) - The Canadian Tribal class destroyer Iroquois turned into port here recently after another of the uneventful "vigilante" patrols which illustrate how the enemy has been chased from the Bay of Biscay, a Royal Canadian Navy press release reported today.
The Iroquois had been maintaining the patrols off the coasts of Brittany and Poitou with British and Polish warships but there has been little action. No vessel from German-held Biscay ports has dared to run the gauntlet of the Allied forces, Only sudden, swift lamp challenges from shore batteries revealed the alertness of the enemy and the fact that the presence of the Allied ships had ben detected.
The Iroquois was in gun range several times, but was too phantom of a target to be trained upon. (illegible words here) Each night she kept up the silent ghost-like patrols until the approach of dawn, and then with the ships in her company, withdrew to westward.
The captain, of the Iroquois accompanied by several of his officers made a quick trip into Les Sable d'Olonnes on the Brittany coast to pay respects to the commandant of the French forces of the interior. Landing parties from the Iroquois had been in Les Sable d'Olonnes previously to pick up information regarding enemy disposition and movements but this was the first time that the commander had to go along. He and his officers got a royal reception from the inhabitants of this pretty resort.