NOT WISHFUL THINKING
Berne, To-day.
The "Basler Nachrichten" says the British Air Force's exploits are sublime and above all cavilling.
It is not the wishful thinking of Air Force is qualitatively superior to
British official statements that the
the German.
Quantitive superiority will fol-
low as a result of the new armaments plus the American dered planes.
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OF-
Allied fleet losses hardly enter into consideration and the retreat from Flanders proved that the air arm has not mastered sea power.
The French Army, the British Navy and the British Air Force are prac- tically intact.—Reuter.
BATTLE GOES ON IN
AIR FORCE INTERVENES EFFECTIVELY
Paris, To-day.
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force has intervened exten- Sively in the last three days' fighting, particularly by at- tacks on enemy troops and on reinforcements and sup- ply columns.
The disorder which our air activity has inflicted on the enemy operations in the past few days has greatly facilitated the operations of the land forces.
Our bombers on Thursday night vigorously attacked the rear areas of the battlefield and hit many sup- ply columns and railways,
Yesterday, attacking in successive waves-by-bomb-and-cannon, the crews. of our attack aircraft, operating at low
GREAT FURY heights, paralysed enemy columns at
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Tanks are sent over in great num- bers, with heavy artillery and in- fantry support, but, in comparison with the battle of the Meuse, on May 14 German bombers are only being used to a limited extent.
At the same time, German 'planes are busy over a wide area and have carried out many reconnaissances over central and western France.-Reuter.
many points, setting fire to their arm- oured vehicles and petrol lorries and putting out of action a considerable number of enemy tanks.
Our fighters have been very active in providing very effective protection on these various destructive mis- stone.
French fighters brought down 21 enemy aircraft on the northern front on Thursday--Reuter.
London, To-day. Captain George Frederick Stevens-Guille, who was awarded the O.B.E. in 1931 for service in command of the river gunboat Teal in China, is awarded a bar to the D.S.O, in the first list of awards in connection with the evacuation af Dunkirk.-Reuter.
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