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HEINZEN'S STORY OF GREAT BATTLE
Grave, But Loss Desperate
"In the middle of battle no one can pretend to draw definite conclusions," he said: "The situation is grave but less desperate because Germany is throwing all hor forces into this battle: "There are victories from which one dies," he added. The German effort yesterday concerned three main sectors of attack. Firstly, between the Somme and Oise rivers between Aumal and Noyon. Secondly, along the Atene River on both sides of Soissons. Thirdly, in the upper Argonne from Chateau Porclen to the Forest of Argonne,
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HARASSING "Reuter" Reports On Big Battle
OPERATIONS.
FROM PAGE ONE
an AA battery which was defend- ing the bridge.
A parachute ftare dropped after the attack showed that the northern span completely of the bridge had collapsed.
Enemy troops and supply columns were attacked us were also sells,
forests and woods where the enemy forees saught cover.
Bombs were dropped on a column of heavy vehicles in the forest of Boulen. The bombs
struck In ammunition lorry, which blew up and set the woods ablaze.
Petrol Dumps In Flames After a salvo of bombs had been
series of explosions occurred as
the
The German right wing also advanced into Nor-dropped in the Bois de Chimay, a mandy towards the Seine but nowhere was there sign of enveloping operations progressing to a dangerous stage.
Half A Million Casualties
The French belleve the German losses in five days are not much short of 400,000 casualties which adds to the half a million casualties in the Battle of Flanders.
The French watchword last night, therefore, was "To Hold is to Win."
The situation was still fluid last night..
Both armies are in movement and the French still have untouched reserves. The German faith in the fighting move ment of the blitzkreig appears unchanged.
It is significant that the German High Command is using few parachutists and less aviation.
There were no reports of Germun dive bombing at the French lines to-day but there was extensive deep bombing by horizontal flights in the rear of both armles.
The Germans bombed railways and other communications
around Paris.
1,000 Nazi Tanks Destroyed
the Allies
The official French communique reported that have destroyed 1,000 German tanks in four days, both by artil lery action and by air attacks.
By all day bombing of German pontoon bridges across the Somme, the Aisne and other rivers, the French caused the loss of more tanks and prevented supplies reaching the columns operating deep in the Alllect lines.
French Line Stili Holding PARIS, June 9 (euter).The! Germans made their mast violentį attack to-day in the Champagne! sector on the east of the front, military spokesman this declared a evening.
He added that according to the atest information, the French lines, were still holding in this region be- tween noon and 2 pm. despite in- tense German pressure.
South of Aumale and south of
GALLANTRY
REWARDED
Brilliant Feats By R.A.F. Recalled
FRONT EXTENDED
TO ARGONNE
PARIS, June 9 (Reutor).-"This is a critical day in the great Battle for France," said a French War Office spokesman to-day.
Big Drive On Home Front
He said the enemy had thrown all his resources into the
The battle from the sea to Argonne. situation Was not very desperate but at least serious. But the losses of land were not important if we wore down the enemy, he concluded.
Earlier Reports
June D (Reuter)A
Papers Urgo
Still
Greater Efforts
LONDON, June 9 ́(Reuter),——-
PARIS, went intuitions or petrol du ps
official
this communique issued up in names.
The road and railway junctions morning announces that the enemy from Amlena to Charleville, in the has extended his front of attack as in the far as Argonne while continuing his south, and to Valenciennes,
Every effort is being made at iprevious offensive. north, were attacked.
Diminishing his pressure on the home to get men,. machines, River Bresle, he has now pushed his material and money for the most the region of speedy production of vital needs armoured units In (soulli-west de-
on
at
of
Eight direct hits were registered
the
Junction railwity Charleville. The main line track
Forges-Les-Eaux warehouses was wrecked, the
Hitler is not trying to win the war and Gisors (north-west of Parls). molished and petrol dumps were sei Amiens) towards the region of Rouen for the war.
Some reconnaissance detachments in 1941, the "Sunday Times" points He is staking everything on have renched the outskirts of Rouen out. and Pont-de-l'Arche (south of winning this year. Rouen) where they have vainly tried to cross the Seine River,
nlight.
were
The railway sidings, which crowded with loaded goods wagons, were felt blazing.
At Valenciennes, ZUES oil storage plant was bombed and exploded. The lames rose 500 feet and were A pall of visible fifty miles away. black smoke 7,000 feet high covered the area within a few minutes,
Further cast, between Monididier south-east of Amiens) and Noyon (south of St. Quentin), the enemy has been much less incisive than they were last evening.
Nazis Suffer Sot-Back
If we all do our duty, we can de- feat his calculations. It is important. however, that we should defeat himn so decisively that his people will not face another war this winter.
"The Economist" says that much will depend on the energies of the Chiefs of Staffs of various depart-
Only Just Beginning
Raids On German Towns In Germany, the morshalling yards
Euskirchen It appears from numerous statements which have been set up to near Essen, Duren and
ments by prkoners that in this region direct national effort. near he suffered yesterday afternoon were bombed and fires started. A large convoy of vehicles
and wasserlous set-back
considerable Wavre, south-east of Brussels, mache-gunned and in 20 minutes losses. was reduced to a state of chaos.
The enemy occupied aerodromes at Abbeville und Endhouen in Holland A fierce were also raided last night.
at ou!
The Are was seen to break Abbeville nerodrome.
Saturday's Operations LONDON, June 9 (Reuter).An Air Ministry communique issued to day-states that throughout Saturday, medium bombers of the RAF, con tinued their attacks.
They attacked the enemy lines of communication, Including road june- ton and river crossing behind the fighting fronts.
Troop concentrations and columns of amnioured fighting vehicles were Iniso bornbed.
Two of our aircraft are missing. These operations
were continued during the night.
It was the same this morning be; tween the Olse River at Noyon and the Aisne River at Soissons.
The paper is glad to learn ilgs the abolition of the holidays has already led to an increase in production. But. the paper points out, harder work by those already employed is only be-
It was there also that the enemy ginning. armies have been severely tried.
The existing capacity must not only
It was not till early this afternoon be worked to the limit but must be that he resumed his offensive after expended and supported.
rowing in new divisions, supported
This is not just a matter of hunt-
by fresh armoured units to the south init for idle machines or for those
Soissons.
working less than 24 hours a day for of the Alsne River near
A-the-end-of-the afternoon--at seven daya-in-the-week. attack was also in progress in the region of Pent Avert.
Attack Stommod
soon
Every machine that could possibly be used for war work and which is now being used for non-essential In Champagne we have completely civil requirements is a deserter from stemmed the attack which the enemy the ranks.
Excellent Start launched at dawn on the whole front
Chateau Porcien; In the Held of labour, an excellent stretching trom
(north of Rethel) to Argonne,
beginning has been made by Mr. The enemy was only able to cross Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour. the Afsne River at two points where IIis policy is of keeping men in the he was counter-attacked,
jobs where they are most needed. To the north of Vouzlers (south of The northern entrance to Amiens
If this does not go far enough, LONDON, June 9 (Reuter).and key-points in the Abbeville area Rethel) a group of parachutists were however, the time will come Fontdidler in the centre of the front. Gallantry displayed in flying were attacked by our heavy bombers, dropped behind our lines. They are when workers in non-essential trades the Germans also launched violent operations against the enemy is wooded areus in the Ardennes, were
Ammunition dumps, concealed in now surrounded.
will have to be, iransferred to war Despite their fatigue and numerical work. alfaults.
inferiority, our iroops continued to The more men and women who The French are continuing their recognised in a list of awards blown up.
Another formation of heavy bomb-fight with ardour and heroism.
be thrown out of such jobs the now published.
Continuing their action in battle, better. It includes the D.S.O. for Actingers made night attacks on military
and objectives over a wide area, runging our fighter
bomber aircraft
The Minister of Supply and the In the region of Solssons, a series Flight Lieutenant
these of extremely severe attacks and Leathert who, during May, led his from the Ardennes north-eastward to opposed thrusts of armoured forma Minister of Economics must see that
of Rhenish. Prussia and the Ruhr dis-tions despite very violent reaction by jobs are quickly found for counter-attacks developed. The requadron
enemy fighters and anti-ulceraft guns, people in wer industries. sults are not yet known.
More Planes Shot Down
Reconnaissances were carried out! "The Economist", which also wel- aircraft this morning to show that several comes the scheme which helps firms The Coastal Command was
made bombing and machine-gun at-columns were severely tried and left wishing to join the great national tacks on oil storage tanks in Ghent, behind a large quantity of material effort by providing them with the Extensive damage was done many fires were started.
withdrawal cast of Beauvals,
Mass Air Attacks
James Anthony
on
a large number
offensive patrols over northerntricts. Germun aviation delivered massive France.
On one occasion
attack an attacks on all lines of communigu! tions in the region of Parts, the bom-made on a formation of 60 enemy company with his bardments being particularly severe aircraft. In in the region of Pointoise.
squadron, Flight Lieutenant Leathart shot down 15 Messerschmitts and possibly one Heinkel 3 and Junkers 08 during the period men- floned.
Many R.A.F. Casualties
Duke Of Windsor's Pilot Missing
one
Other Decorations Distinguished Flying Crosses are awarded to Squadron Leader George Campbell Tomlinson, Flight Lie- tenant Adolph Oysbert Malan, Flight Lieutenant Willem Arthur Toyne, Acling Fight Lieutenant
and
All the Allied aircraft engaged in these night operations returned safe- ly.
Our fighters yesterday_shot down ten enemy aircraft, including seven bombers. Two of our aircraft
are mlsstag.
shot down six of them.
U.S. Search For
Fifth Columnists
#m
ways and means of doing so, says that the present lines of our financial policy should be continued.
Russia Warns U. S.
To Stay Out
-PANAMA,-June-0 (Reuter).The. United States Army Command in the Canal Zone in conducting a searching the antecedents Investigation into A bulletin issued by the Air Minis and credentials of all European-born MOSCOW, June ย (Reuter).--.. try states that eight R.A.F. Hurricane
employees on the Canal with the "Pravda" publishes a warning to the Robert fighters, patrolling the fighting zone view to exposing possible Fifth United States ngairt entering the intervention war, urging that such LONDON June 9 (Reuter), Roland Stanford Tuck and Pilot over France yesterday, met a forma- Columnists,
tion of 20 cinkel 111 bombers and
It is reported that about 500 Ger- would involve moving
the United and as well as States fleet into the Allantle mang, mostly refugees. many Italians are at present employ-leaving
a free hand in the Indles and possibly the Netli Japan — Philippines.
The paper adds that intervention cars and motor lorries reduced by direct hits to twisted wreckage, and would also involve the United States marching troops machine-gunned in the loss of her South American when British bombers ranged over markets to Japan and Italy. the German right wing on the Breale and the Somme delivering a series of shallow and deep dive-bombing ol
Officer John Laurence Allen. The Air Ministry has issued a
The Distinguished Flying Medal is containing casualty list
the inwarded to Sergeant James William names of 248 Air Force officers Bristol Phillips. and men.
Squadron Leader Tomlinson's The list includes 23 killed in action, squadron destroyed 13 enemy aircraft 24 wounded in action, 150 missing, and damaged a further nine in raids ie Hurricanes. One and 20 who have been killed or have lover Holland and Brussels. died on active service.
Flight Lieutenant Tuele's squadron Nine officers and men, previously engaged enemy formations of Go and reported missing, are new stated to 50 aircraft respectively over north- be prisoners.
Jern France and shot down 10 enemy Among the missing Is Acting Wingjaircraft and possibly another 24. Commander H. M. Mellor, who at one ime was Air Equerry and Assistant Pilot to LR.II. the Duke of Windsor when he was Prince of Wales.
Appeal To The
ing.
ed.
De Valera Makes New Appeal
Ten Messerschmitt 100 fighters, which were escorting the enemy bombers, were unable to give them effective protection against the attack Messers schmitt was also shut down. Two of our Hurricanes are missing.
Troop Convoys Raked PARIS, June 9 (Xeuter).-An Air communique states that Ministry working in close co-operation with tacks. land forces, our night aircraft crews A detachment of German cavalry concentrated › their actions on the with transports, encountered south
In all field of violent battle now proceed-of Nampsauval, stampeded
DUBLIN, June 9 (Reuter) ----An directions when bombers approached, appeal to the people to Join the de- They vigorously and repeatedly One hundred incendiary bombs fence forces of the country im- allneked important centres or coin were dropped by shallow-diving mediately was made-by-Mr-Eamon
petrol dump in a wood de Valern in a speech munication as well as troop convoy's bombers on in the sectors of Laon, Peronne and near. Abbeville. There was a tre-County Clare, to-day. St. Quentin.
mendous explosion and the wood was.
Pointing out the danger left a raging mass of flames.
vasion, he said: "We are anxious -> FROM PAGE ONE |
Tanks Go Up in Flames to avoid the ravages of war. TheTC- On enemy-occupied points, harass- LONDON, June 9 (Reuter) fore we must ensure that it will be After suggesting that it is message to all French ex-service- ing of columns, supply convoys and Describing the bombing of oil depots very costly for any invader to come unlikely that France will be able men to join the Territorial armoured to offer prolonged resistance, Guard which is now being form-throughout the day by bombe and communique, un Air Ministry bulletin Signor Ansaldo said: "Then willed to fight fifth column activity come the second phase in the has been made by M. Riviere, German plan-an attack against Minister for Ex-Servicemen's England.
ITALIAN HINT
"British Tyranny”
Old Guard
Fronch Ex-Servicemen
Asked To Assist PARIS. June 9 (Reuter).—A
Pensions.
Great fires were observed after the allacks of our bomber squadrons.
units was continued in Ghent, mentioned in an carlier | here.”
machine-guns.
bases.
All the alternft" returned to their
Our Aghter and assault planes con- against armoured units and enemy their targets fired already, they alm- tinued their destructive action
tanks,
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says that one cluster of tanks was FRENCH CABINET| One single group of bombers alrendy blazing fiercely when the dropped more than 30 tons of explo-second ware of bombers arrived.
Therefore these bombers placed IN SESSION sives on the enemy.
their bombs on other ofl resérvolts which wer silhouetted by the flames, PARIS, June D (Reuter)-The His appeal was to those who, on
These reservoirs were also set alight. Cabinet met at 9 p.m. and considered SINGLE OVEN the grounds of disability through
When the following aircraft found the military and diplomafle situation. President Lebrun was present of ed their tombs so as to widen, the the meeling which farted 10 minutes. Tanky Suffer Hearity- -------|burning arens--every-time-succes("The Cabinet is meeting-again-on-
have Tank concentrations
been fully.
Monday evening. columns an destroyed and motorised
So widespread and high were the were attacked, made to turn back and flames from the oil tanks that one dispersed by intensive air attacks of pilot in the last stage of the attack thought it would be a wasło of bombs our aviation.
These actions were executed into drop any more in the cauldron, - perfect co-operation with the opera tions.
"It is then that Italy, together with wounds or age, have been prevented Germany, will be fighting in the war from taking their part in the war, La liberate Europe and free the world Many of them have written to him from the tyranny of the Brilish,"
"The nomination by Il Duce of asking how beat they can be of use.
Example Of Vigilanco Marshal de Bono to command of the
The answer is by setting army of the south has great signi-} fleance, and our comrades who form example of vigilance.
They must counter-attack the signs the advance guard of this new of impatience and suppress wild struggle.'
a part of that army will probably, be
rumours by rumour-mongera.
Their past has given them authority Rusia The Key?
to do this. They must not fall to use ROME, June 9 (Reuter)--Foreign this authority so that all through diplomatie and journalistle circles are France there will be only one who wondering whether the apparently will resist, and one sentiment, the continuous postponements of Italian con@dence of final victory. Intervention are due to the fast-hour
continued, Volunteers, ho situation or are based on considera-needed in every town and village. tions of foreign policy.
By placing themselves at the disposal Some bellove that it is not a quen-jof the military authorities, the French tion of leafiatlon, but that Italy 18 ex-servicemen will be helping thele refraining from action at the tratanes sons to save France,
of Hitler, who is thought to be afrati |
Fous in the Balkans.
were
Our fighter groups, while attack- ing motorised forces, simultaneously ensured protection from air attack and engaged in numerous combats,
Many enemy aircraft were brought down by French fighters and artil cry. The exact number cannot yot
established,
Daylight Attacks
Heinkel Crashes In Suffolk
Obtained Procisa Results The glare of the flames revented LONDON, June
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As the waggons blew up, there was succession of great explosions, There were also explosions, followed another aircraft made four hits on a
by eruptions of black smoke, when further section of large all containers.
The plot of another aircraft-to- LONDON, June 9 ́ (Reuter)~~An
leased all his bomba in a Nngle salvo,
He died in hospital to-day. [-
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