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PARIS, SEPT. 19 (REUTER).—THERE IS NO HURRY ON THE PART OF THE FRENCH COMMAND TO ENTER ON THE NEXT STAGE OF OPERATIONS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CULMINATE IN A BIG PUSH.
This big push, it is stated in Paris, may even
come from the enemy. The object of the Germans would be to remove French contact with the Siegfried Line, which is now under short-range fire from French artillery. NAZI TRAP ?
A semi-official review of the operations says that the German evacuation and destruction of villages may be a plan to trap the French.
The French are hesitating to draw conclusions, however, and are now consolidating their positions.
The French positions captured from the Germans A Look Through between the Rhine and the Moselle, are well organised
and defended,
French troops have been quick to The Telegraph"
establish, in their advance positions captured from the Germans, pillboxes and concrete trenches right to the limits of the French advance, increase the effectiveness of the
The French air force continues German nrilllery. to be active over the enemy lines, where occasional dog-fights have taken place.
retreat and the Germans dynamited Bridges were destroyed in the wide patches of forest in order to give their machine guns a wide fold of fire.
50 YEARS AGO
Beptember 20, 1889.
First Alarm
By HILDE MARCHANT
WE took our first air- raid warnings very socially.
In my block of flats it was quite like an afternoon call, getting to know your fourth besides, you helped to enter- floor neighbour; except that, tain her children.
Some people took strange things with them into safety A sweet old lady in the Primrose
H (N.W.) district arrived in
the shelter carrying a plate of oranges, and proceeded to dis- tribute them.
Snorting away at the end of the shelter was an old man who insisted on wearing his gas mask. He sat for
powerful ram or pleton driven by a and then he slipped the mask up to A sunken vessel, which runs Bush about twenty minutes blowing good with the waterline, and which carries it in and out . but every now steam cylinder for the purpose of ram-stick sugar. ming an enemy's vessel, has been de- signed in this country. The ram will}
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100-Mile Front
German heavy calibre guns be driven by a fores of 160 tone, which JUST before the "All clear" changed the village of Perl into No aulelent to place the side of an sounded one of the tenants came PARIS, Sept. 19 (Reuter) The Man's Land, and the French have he about twenty knots an hour. (This whisky under oné nem and a syphonj Ironclad. The speed of the vessel will in fully dressed, with a bottle of French army is now in occupation of been forced to retire to more pro-invention, which is mentioned in cen- under the other. several hundreds of square miles of teeted positions.
temporary Encyclopaedias, WON enemy territory- on a 100-mile front, The Nazi communique says
that forerunner of the modern submarine A French communique says thus the French are engaged in construct was never daccesstul until torpedoes the Germans continue to reinforce ing defence works.
were added.-Ed.). the Western Front with planes and men from Poland
German troops effected a strategie withdrawal, says a Nazi communique, in order to straighten the front and to
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"I am to sorry I am late," he said. He made up a hand of bridge with three other men, but they only -played one hand before the siren
ended the gathering.
"Good night. So glad to have artillery duels have broken out souls Prince of Wales has approached Earl
September 20, 1914. met," they said, and went back to The Press Bureau announced that the bed.
We are obviously going to make
Intense Artillery Ducks
PARIS, Sept. 10 (Reuter).-Intense)
25 YEARS AGO
of Saarbruecken where the French Kitchener, saying that ha urgently de-friends at our dug-out parties. trenches are nearest to the enemy, aires to Droced to the and it has extended along the entire A front,
Communique No. 32
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Hoyal Highness лог completed in military train Jag, Karl Kitchener rubmitted to A MAN was settling his daughter Majesty that it is undesirable that in their shelter when he realised the Prince of Wales should, at prosent, his wife had not come down. proceed on active service.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" PARIS, Sept. 20 (UP)-French Omelal Communique No. 32 stales:
"A local attack by the enemy ing the-region-east-of-the lies River Inrls, the censutiens of wintonic has been repulsed. The enemy air that the Buttto of the Alate in the force has shown some activity in the the war. It is not a rearguard action, most important since the beginning of same region."
but a supreme encounter closing the erant ble operations on French oil.
The French Premier to-day mei | high, military authorißes and Gov- It can ho realised that the Alles
ernment officials,
gains wil necesarlly be slow owing to
He shouted up the stales: "Are you coming or aren't you?"
She didn't answer, so he dashed up the-staircase and found her making bedc
"What on earth are you doing that for?" he asked.
"Now don't be cross. If the house ly damaged there'll be a lot of those wardens around the place, and it. And she Anished making the beds.
It is understood they have decided the enormous alrength of the Germ MUST be tidy." that France will continue her normal positions.
relations with the Soviet. This de Final Ruccess will probably he achteve. elsion will be submitted to the Coun-ed by threatening German communica-A ell of Ministers for their approval; tion.
en Wednesday, pending further clari- fleation of Russia's intentions.
Night Attack Fails
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10 YEARS ACO
September 20, 1020. The Forbes Kannell Company gave af convincing presentation of Sir Arthur
FREND who lives in a rather formal. Chelsea sirect overheard two women padding around in car- pet slippers, chatting away to each other, after the "All clear."
They have been neighbours for Pinero's famous play, "The Second Mess; and they didn't even know Tanqueray," at the Thestra Royal laxi vach other's names until last night.
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PARIS, Sept. 20, (UP)--The French jinst night repulsed a night attack by | night, the acting of the principals being,
heavy German artillery.
It also indicated that for the Arst time the Germans used their new 10-inch naval are mounted on flat cars.
guns
which
5 YEARS AGO
September 20, 1934. M. Maxim Litvineff, Russia's Foreign Minister, and M. Louis Barthou, Foreign private luncheon 20-iny. There
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The Germans have strongly rein- forced their positions in front of Minister of France, were guests-at. # After the "All clear" Saarbrucken, and are apparently |
heard sirens from other rumours that the statesmen were doing off, and thought there was an- determined to prevent French occu- cursing pation of the city.
mutual assistance. (Tho trenly wather warning. They began turning Пeliable sources report that aubauently signed.-E.).
people back. before it was realised portion of the German forers from
hat there sirens, too, were giving Poland is now concentrated within
the "All clear." striking distance of the Belgium and Dutch borders.
Nazi Raid On French Positions Potors Out PARIS, Sept. 19 (Reuter),~~~A com- muntque slates that a local enemy at- tack in the region east of Blies was repulsed.
Enemy aeroplanes showed nativity
In the same region,
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ant in private this morning to discuss The Council of the League of Nationa Derangements for next January's plebis cite in the Sanr.
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I was on. Victoria Stalion -- when one of the dark trains sneaked in.
or leas what in the last war would (Domei).-Negotiations which tricity." have been described as
large commenced on the Manchukuo- scale raid, intended to accustom der-Mongolian border following the A man waiting for a friend went man troops to this type of warfare. truce arranged in Moscow have along the carriages, peering into the stant arillery fire, but withered now been brought to a satisfac-shadows and calling: "Is Mr. Ward away, with the positions unchanged. tory conclusion.
The attack was made under con-
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