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FRIDAY MAY 17, 1940.
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NAZI BLITZKRIEG HELD
BIG COUNTER-ATTACK BY BRITISH TOMMIES FORCES GERMAN RETREAT FROM LOUVAIN: ENORMOUS LOSSES
Miracles Of U.S. To
Heroism
Worthy Tribute To
Belgian Troops ·
BRUSSELS, May IG (Reuter)—M. Delfosse, the- Belgian Minister of Com- munications, said In 1. broadcast to-day that the Belgian troops have been performing miracles of heroism.
Ho gave an Instance in which a Belgian major with
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50,000 Planes
GREATEST AIR
three privates recaptured a FORCE IN WORLD!
pill-box fort after a. hand
grenade charge.
For the past three days, he said, the Belgians had been resisting their second line positions.
"Be Firm And Confidant".
A great number of British and French troops were com ing up each hour to support them" with „admirable equip«^^^
Be-firm
ho Bald. **The aggressor always has the initial advantage but every hour our dofences be come
more effective. Ger- many could not face G blockade nor withstand a long war. The Allied power and resources are greatly superior to those of Germany.”
NEW WAR TECHNIQUE
Nazis Taking Some Amazing Risks
By HERBERT KING UNITED PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDENT
By LYLE WILSON ("UNITED PRESS" STAFF CORRESPONDENT)
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WASHINGTON, May (UP)-Amidst tremendous ap plause President Roosevelt to- day proposed his U.S.$1,182,- 000,000 emergency defence programme. He asked for 50,-) 000 planes to meet the threat of modern war.SANGAN
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The President hinted future requests-for-more--arms. but he left the question of how the bill is to be pald entirely to Congress.
He said the people of the United States will have to start a new line of of thought regarding matters national defence, due to the changed [methods of warfare such as th columns, parachute troops and sir Jattacks.
Bo-called - imprenable_fortifica tions no longer exist, he asserted. The Auantle and Pacific oceans no longer farm adequate defence bar- riers because of aircraft, he said, and cited the possibility of attacks on Alaska,
"Adequate defence, by the very nature of attacks, requires equip- ment
to attack the aggressor on his route before he can establish strong bakes within territory of American de- vital interests," the President clared.
Thus he implied his disavowal of PARIS, May 16 (UP)—the old defence triangle policy.
"There are islands in the south
The word “front" can hard-pfe not too far removed from the ly be used at the present West Coast of South America to juncture as a result of the prevent them becoming bases of enormous strategic advantage to
-President Roosevelt
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MUSSOLINI MAY DELAY ACTION FOR FORTNIGHT
powerful use of mechanised attacking forces," he said.
ROME, May 16. (Reuter).There is widespread units by the German forces. Stupendous Expenditure feeling here to-day that even if the Government has
A continuous line no longer exists.
decided upon eventual belligerency, the present state of From the mouth of the River special defences message to Congress alarm may continue for some time. Scheldt in Holland to the French personally to-day.
The sailing of the Conte de Savola is taken as an indication frontier town of Sedan the con-cash and contract authorisations for of at least a fortnight's peace since it is thought that Italy fict has assumed a form entirely military implements "to meet any will not care to risk the seizure of this ship in the Atlantic.
He, naked for $1,182,0000,000 in
different to that which ran its interests," in these ominous days
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tha ortensive against "American" Meanwhile the Press continuesto give whole-hearted support to
and
course after the defeat of the whose swift and awful developments Germany, Germans in the Battle of the force every neutral to look to its It is nevertheless clear that anxiety Marne in 1914.
defences.
Is growing daily among the masses The President asserted that dangers regarding present operations confront the United States because of many a prayer is being uttered that
with Germany, shall be speedily crushed. Europe's war and the speed which modern armies may ` conquer
Roosevelt's Appeal time and space.
His requests, were divided
PARIS, May 16 (UP)-All' after- $890,000,000 for immediate appro-noon papers in Paris devoted promin priations for the Army, Navy sad ent space to the message from Presl Marine Corps, and $100,000,000 for dent Roosevelt to Signor Mussolini, emergencles,
und also to the new American de- fence appropriations.
The Allled High Command has been forced hurriedly to adopt an entirely new plan of campaign as a Bresult of the German tactics.
Operations have now almost èn- tirely, been switched over to a war Not movement.
Poland Tactics
"The Germaris are using the tactica
they employed in Poland.
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NAZIS "HUMANE" WAR WEAPON
SPECIAL TO
THE "TELEGRAPH"
NEW YORK, May 16 (UP) —The Germans claim to be using a new “secret weapon" in the operations against fixed fortifications in Belgium.
Intercepted wireless messages claim that Fort Ebenemael
"It, indicates the" fervent hope that: Mussolini may be prevented from entering into the hostilities. -
Hungarian Fours
| SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"
BUDAPEST, May 10 (UP)-The feeling that the war will soon involve the whole of Europe is growing here. President Roosevelt's.. massage' to Mussoliniis, taken as an indication that Italy is contemplating entry into the
he war on the side of Germany.
Italians. Quitting... CAIRO, May 18 (Reuter) —Italians are being quietly-advised by their local Consulates to leave Egyp
Americans are being unofficially advisos to be ready for possible
The Egyptian
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NAZIS USING
STEEL DARTS
LONDON, May 16: (Reuter) —–—The Germans have gone back to a World War I weapon,; altacking fishing craft with steel darts three inches long.
750,000 DEAD IN FIRST WEEK: STAGGERING AIR LOSSES BY BOTH SIDES
By RICHARD MCMILLAN
(UNITED PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDENT)TM
WITH THE B.E.F. IN BELGIUM, May 16 (UP),—GERMANY'S BLITZKRIEG, UNLIKE ITS PREDECESSOR IN 1914 WHICH CARRIED THE GERMANS TO THE GATES OF PARIS IN THIRTY-TWO DAYS, IS ALREADY COMING TO A HALT.
The German advance has completely halted east of the dent which the Germans succeeded in effecting in the French lines at Sedan.
British troops launched three successive counter-attacks in the Louvain region this morning and in the third succeeded in completely driving the Germans from the Cathedral city, which they had entered yesterday.
B.E.F. CONSOLIDATES
The British have consolidated this afternoon by entrenching five miles north of Louvain
Germany is pouring hundreds of thousands of fresh reinforcements into this sector in order to break the British resistance and the fight as hourly growing in intensity.
Casualties are tremendous and it is estimated that already three quarters of a million men have fallen in Holland, Belgium and France. The German losses are by far the heavier, due to the fact that they have been on the initiative since the invasion started.
The exact number of combatints engaged in the battles between Zecland in Holland and the Franco-Luxembourg frontier are unknown, but it is estimated that the ratio is 10 to 6 in favour of the invaders..
German casualties during the past 24 hours have ceen enormous in the Louvain, Namur and Sedan regions, and they are throwing infantry into the battle with a reckless disregard for lives. *
Casualties in the aerial encounters which have been continuous since Friday last week are also staggering.
LATEST
The Royal Air Force is bearing the brunt of these BRITONS, losses, due to the fact that every possible machine available has taken to the air to strafe the German lines of communication and the German concentrations.
Although heavy German at- tacks are being launched on the
is a positions at Louvain and TOMMIES Sedan, the Blitzkrieg pile-driver FIGHTING
on the French positions south of
has; definitely stowed a the Germans now resting along a
line stretching from Antwerp NAZIS
Bouthwards along the dyke positions to Namur and Sedan.
Forced Back From Mausa
Situation On Front Remains Unvaried. It appears that the German have been forced to re-cross the LONDON, May 16 (Router). Meuse. Between Namur and Sedan A communique issued by the and the left bank la now stated to General Headquarters of the be completely in Ailled hands. ·
ces tell me that the B.E.F. states: E Military sources
In contact with positons now held by the Belgian, "The IEF, Kre
forces and Brish
are the enemy, and fighting is in progress, French
-“Attacks on Louvain, have been' re- Belgium's strongest and main line of The crews of two fishing defence, which has been secretly palsed.' ' smacks in the North Beaconstructed since the beginning of were attached with darts the war. and machine guns by Nazi **** planes: They got home safely without loss of life.
THE TOTAL LIF
| FOR TOTAL WAR
Relative Calm PARIS, May 16 (Router)—-—A' War Omce-spokesman-to-night said that the front had not varied since yes- (Reuter)terday.
Marked-Improvement
∙PANIS, May 10 spokesman of the Ministry Information:
nstated this afternoon that a very marked improvement" hir taken place in the situation with
To-day had been a day of regroup- ing relative; calm.
Fighting was going on but i had not been a great batile.
On the Namur and Sedan Ironi, at
the points where man armoured column.
Germans had BLAFA bombers had surpassed crossed the river, they made some
regard to the penetration of a Ger-
everything was thought possible progress but Alled units are reform- FW12705 arexplained that o'
LONDON, May 16 (Router)-In connection with the totally false lik
do during the past 24 ing and taking up positions fixed by
the High Command.
Relieving unite and reinforcements
at „Liege was overcome by a magnetle electrle, ray, which “paralysed the central nervous systems of the defenders.” evacuation.atles have be-German radio claim that the King of short time had elapsed before a Positions Haldwa
Germany has an arm which The Western For
Jowers still cilog to gun evacuation of areas at Hellopolis, England and the President of France measures were taken to deal with this defeats without killing," the the outmoded methods of warfare which Is a suburb of Cairo, Aloxan pre preparing to leave for Canada column owing to the necessity of are arriving according to schedule report clien
wherein `n killing is neccesary." dris, neighbourhoods of aerodromes because the feared invasion, set collating reports at their progress in At. Sedan French troops are mill
and other milliary, targets. e omelet quarters here point out that order to make the counter-blow as holding the pallions they occ This is the greatest event In Despite the so-called history
kani Inaugurated warfare :lin which shaman of killing · Inőnecessary
"secret
weapon the Germans do not oppen to be having much mucent dins! the remaining fortifications in Liege, to which has held out for -- Over"
week.Ed.)
propaganda of this sort will no doubi hard as possible.
FARIÐ Mar 10 (Router) Al be multiplled in the coming weekke busos disappeared from the streets at Paris today: They were required for the transport of refugees,
out, and so Garman propaganda: Is to late this evening the rolinging wi Toini war has begun, they point LONDON - May 10 (Teasetak) --Up now telling & Botal lfe.
FRENCH ADVISED
TO LEAVE
BUDAPEST, MAY 17 (UP)—THE BRITISH AND FRENCH LEGA- TIONS HERE MAVE ADVISED ALLIED CITIZENS TO LEAVE HUNGARY IMMEDIATELY.