In his second paragraph, Greene uses the derisive term "boche" to refer to the Germans. The word had come to mean "blockhead," as it was a shortened form of "caboche" or "head."

Seventy years after its original publication, the AP is making Greene's original report available.

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ON A BEACHHEAD IN FRANCE — Hitler's Atlantic wall cracked in the first hour under tempestuous allied assault.

As I write, deeply dug into a beachhead of northwestern France, German prisoners, mostly wounded, are streaming back. But the Boche still is putting up a terrific fight.