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Entire Western Front Ablaze from English Channel to Frontier of Switzerland: Weygand Issues Dramatic "Hold Fast" Order of the Day as Intensity Increases
1,800,000 GERMAN TROOPS FLUNG INTO HISTORY'S GREATEST BATTLE
PANZER MECHANISED UNITS WITHIN 40 MILES OF PARIS AS ENEMY'S VANGUARD REACHES RIVER SEINE By Ralph Heinzen
UNITED PRESS WAR CORRÈSPONDENT
PARIS, June 10, 1 a.m. (8 a.m. H.K.T.).—The French Armies, rallying to General Weygand's Order of the Day to "fight without thought of retiring," yesterday launched a strong counter-attack against the German juggernaut, which has smashed its way to within 40 miles of Paris at one point.
The counter-attack has set the entire Wstern Front ablaze from the English Channel to the Swiss frontier.
Nearing Gisors
A late French official' communique to-night admits that the German Panzer units have penetrated to the vicinity of Gisors, 34 miles north-west of the Paris suburbs.
Other German reconnaissance units are on the outskirts of Rouen, the famous seaport on the River Seine.
The French communique claims that Hitler's "do-or-die" offensive has already cost him 400,000 casualties.
French Counter-Attack
The French counter-attacked at Tardenois and Plateay in a desperate attempt to prevent the Germans crossing the Marne east of Chateau Thierry.
Hitler has now hurled 1,500,000 men into the battle in a blasting drive as French communiques admit that the fight for France has reached its "crucial hour."
A midnight communique states that German advance units have reached the Seine River at Ponte de L'Arche, below Rouen.
Nazi tanks and armoured units are striking down towards the Seine towards the regions of Rouen and Gisors.
SITUATION "GRAVE,
NOT DESPERATE”
By RALPH HEINZEN
UNITED PRESS WAR CORRESPONDENT PARIS, June 10 (UP).—The situation last night was officially described as "grave but not desperate."
From the English Channel to Switzerland, along a continuous front 500 miles long, the biggest battle in the history of the world had entered its sixth day.
Between 90 and 100 German divisions are now pressing against the French lines with all the might that Hitler had previously held back:
Hitler Playing Last Card He has played his last card by throwing-1,800,000-men
Maginot And Siegfried Lines Join In Battle
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By RALPH HEINZEN
UNITED PRESS WAR CORRESPONDENT PARIS, June 10 (UP).-East of the Argonne Forest and on to the Swiss frontier, the guns of the Maginot and Siegfried lines to-day swelled the din of the biggest battle
the world has ever known.
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MAP SHOWING front lines at midnight last night. The dotted line indicates the position on Saturday and the thick black line the position this morning. The shaded area shows where Panzer mechanised units have broken through between Aliems and Abbeville to reach the Seine river in the vicinity of Rouen. The now pocket which has developed in the Argonne Forest arca is shown between Verdun and Rothol. In this area the Germans are apparently attempting to compromise the main Maginot Line.
NORWEGIAN
SURRENDER
REPORTED.
N. Sea Battle
Allies Leave Narvik Reported
As Troops Lay Down Arms, Says Sweden
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH
·REPORTS are coming to hand of a naval battle between British
The only announcement issued by
PREPARING FOR WAR
Italy Continues To Mako Gestures
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD
<"UNITED PRESS! STAFF CORRESPONDENT) -ROME, “June 9 (UP).—Pre- parations for Haly's immediate entry into the war have pushed to the limit.
Thousands of recruits
been
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THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES and German warships on Satur- WERE RECEIVED BY THE day. *UNITED PRESS" THIS MORNING. IT IS EMPHASISED THAT THERE IS NO OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION the British Admiralty is as follows: pouring out of Rome and other
"Information reaching the Ad- FROM ALLIED OR NORWEGIAN mically appears to Indicate that there large Italian eltics towards the SOURCES.
June 10 (UP)—It was contact on June 8 between British southern ports DAL, Tearned that the and German naval forces in northera Allied Forces have withdrawn from water,
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"No further statement can be made Narvik.
King Haakon and the Norwegian until full reports are received." Government have embarked with the
German Version Allies
Speaking at Cremona to-day in the. presence of Rudolph Hess, Hitler's deputy, 8igner Roberto Farinacci, the
Fascist Grand Council leader, sald: "The hour har strived in, which all) İlallan vindications will be realised."" Italian Hint LONDON, June 9 (Reuter). be-An indication that "an Italian
into the battle, and military critics, both Allied and a quick knockout, Hitler has communique, is pushing towards the Norway has signed an agreement with tween the Germann battleships Gnsi- altack might be made in North
neutral, agree that the German leader has staked every- thing on the outcome.
General Weygand, in another dramatic Order of the Day, urged the French Armies on to even stiffer resistance and assured them that this fierce. pressure represents the "last quarter of an hour" of Germany's military effort.
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French sources this morning claimed that Hitler's massed
The German High Command claims tank attacks have been dislocated by the efficiency of General Agreement With Britain
the Allied defences everywhere, STOCKHOLM, June 10 (UP)—that an action took place "In the far Weygand's rear-line traps,
Lla reliably learned In Stockholm that reaches of the North Sea," In a desperate effort to achieve forcing a general retreat
In northern daime that the action was The German right wing, bays the the Norwegian Army
Bennu and Scharnhorst..
A message from Stockholm (quot Africa was made by Signor thrown 1,500,000 troops into lower regions of the Seine River and Germany to surrender.
According to the special correspon-' savage frontal attacks. all along down the Channel coast..
Narvik Count Cinno's newspaper, "11 dent of the "Dagens Nyheter, whose ed by "United Press") states that Giovanni Ansaldo, the curving battle front from
Mere Reinforcements
report is confirmed by Norweglan and the battle took place off the sea to the Argonue.
SPECIAL TO THE "TEGEĠRARI)" Swedish sources here, the agreement which, the messure added had ear-Telegrafo," In his weekly broad- BERLIN, June 9, (Domel).—was slened by General Fielscher, force, who lind Laicen off with them cast to the troops Weygand's Order Of The Day
Norwegian had Fresh German reinforcements were Commanding the
After suggesting that it is thrown into the Battle of France Division, who issued a Proclamation; the Norwegian King and Norwegian
unlikely that France will be able battling against the claws of great to-day according to
a-High Com-to the troops to lay down their arms Government.
It is reported thai neroliations for:
Successos Claimed peto offer prolonged resistance, mand communique. steel pincers which are closing ground.
German army nuthorities declare ending the war in northern Norway:
The German High Command Signor Ansaldo said: "Then will that the Nazi High Command will have been under way for some time. The jaws are about 30 miles from
An agreement was reached with claims that the 23,500-ton aircraft Turn to Pago 7, Fourth Column
carrier Glorious was sunk in the The French High Command, the Government's and 47 miles away in the north-cast.
the French capital in the north-west ounce within a few days "one of
the greatest war results, which will England before the surrender, ・
encounter with the Scharnhorst and Ginelsenau. official communiques and the War Office analysis of wand says: "The enemy les bus-
In a new order of the Day, General amaze the entire world." operations frankly admit the full enormity of the battle, tained considerable touses. He will
soon reach the end of his efforts.". In every sense it is the "Battle of France.”
Nixi: High Command Claims SPECIAL TO THE "TITELEGRAPHIA BERLIN
Fronch Hold-Naxi-Thrusts
Paris,
Encouraged by General Weygand's Order of the Day, Germ the French Armies have held the German thrusts in the Turn-to-Page=7First-Column=
Soviet-Japanese Agreement
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U.S. Naval Bombers In addition, the Germans claim
Reach Manila
that a British destroyer, the.olt tanker Pioneer and, a torpedo hoat was sunk.
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Their communiqab states that the BRITISH NAVAL MANILA, June 9 (UP)-Fourteen 20,000-ton transport Orama, former HONGKONG INFORM THE TELE naval patrol bombers arrived nily of the Orient Line, was niso zunk: GRAPH THAT THEY HAVE NO News Agency reporta Cavite at 2.30 p.m, to-day after an tin The German High Command does INFORMATION OF ANY REPORT Mikals and Jodari has reached a aventful trans-Pacific flight from not disclose the number - of-ships ED NAVAL BATTLE IN THE
ments, fot;, delimiting the Hawal,
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