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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1989

RAF. IN AIR BATTLE OVER FRONT

London, To-day,

The Air Ministry last night announced that Royal Air Force machines had been en-

ged in an air battle over enemy territory while re- connoltring height.

"great

* We suffered some casualties and the number of enemy losses is not known. * Successful reconnaissance flights over enemy territory have been car- aried out by night and day recently.--

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NO EMBARGO ORI NO NEUTRALITY

York, To-day.

The Senate Foreign Relationa "Committee, In an informal report, is recommending the enactment of the new Neutrality Bill, so- cording to a Dow-Jones agency Waihington dispatch. The Com- mitteo has advised the Sunate” that it la of the opinion that the United States cannot maintain neutrality as long as, the embar go provisions remain in the Sta- tute Book--Reuter.

EAR OF RED

MY DIVERSION SPESSARARIA

London, To-day.

-SOVIET GOVERNMENT has promised to help the Germans by immediate military diver

ms, says Reuter's military correspondent, it is cabable that this will be in the direction of Bessarabia.

The Rumanian Government has called up addition- al classes of reservists and sent further troops to the Bessarabian border as a precaution. Any other Red army diversion is likely

Suggestion of an attack on the North-West frontfør

of India is discounted by military circles ass the possibility of joint military plans betwe German and Russian armies to stem the in the West.

possibility of an invasion of France by Russians dropped with parachutes is considered a bogey!

·Reports #egarding the French attack Blong the right bank of the Mosalle in the direction of Trevas.. Indicate that · General - Gamelin." commander-in-chlaf of the Allied

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Forces, has got his kaath right into this args and controls the railway, at leastwar far as Troves. This report is denied by the Germans, .... An official communique, mentions. that “fairly large numbers" of pri- soners. haves been, falco

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By advancing his positiona on front of over 51⁄4 miles in the direc-

The Italian Cabinet has tion of Borg, his hold becomes

stranger to meet the inevitable coun legislation covering ter attack when it is launched.

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Paris, To-day. LAST NIGHT'S FRENCH war communique states that enemy artillery is active in the region dir- ectly east of Moselle, and the French are reply- ing..

There is great aviation activity on both sides. A Paris military observer says that enemy activity during the past 24 hours has been less, despite the fact that patrols have been active on the Saar front. These pa- trols, he says, have no penetrating power and withdraw when fired on by machine-guns.

The French, he says, are ready for troops are consolidating their newly- any local „offensive which may be won positions east of Apach and Fel ordered by the German High Com- while the Germans are sending out mand, as seems likely.

reconnaissance patrolk fr weaker numbers than usÚRÍ.

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A Paris communique states that the troops withdrawn from Poland are apparently being kept in interior of Germany-Reuter.

MUCH NAZI TERRITORY

IN FRENCH HANDS.

Paris, To-day.

The recent French push to the east of the Moselle has added considerably to Ger- man territory now in French [hands.

The suggestion yesterday among military" writers in Paris is that the Germans are greatly

ed in their móvamants at fe

Luxemburg end of the afggfries" Line and may soon violate the neutrality of Luxemburg in Brdar to give their troops roots las manoeuvre.

BLÄCK FOREST

CONCENTRATIONS

Swiss reports that the. Germans ara concentrating in the Black Forest are General tendency of the opera also arousing attention since from this tions is to become"more like a area the German main roséu land to slega getting closer to the Central the Rhine, while crossing, the Rhine Balient of the Slégteled Lips.

would be very difficult but cannot be ~While the ~ Gerning om reacting | dezeribed as inappaniile,

French commanel has not lost the Danube at Belgr initiative ör -n singler thy and the ] gunfire, in 191. French bites at the Siegfried Line give ÷FRENCH-REJ the impression that the operations drawing board, they are

were worked out beforehand on a carried through with such precision and mini- mum casualties.

When the Germans attempt to reast they encounter positions rapidly prepared for defenes, and meet a dense volume of fire with the result that their counter- attacks, have not succeeded. In delaying Froosh, progress.

OF THE MOSILLE

Paris,

The latest official communale,” TO- veals that the region to the east.... of the Moselle, where the French have រ៉ន penetrated to a substantial depth, now the centre of a heavy -- artillery duel

The communique says, succinctly: "There is enemy artillery action in the region directly east of the Moselle. FRENCH. DINGING,IN

There are artillery reprisals on "our The last 24 hours has seen no big part. There is great activity among operation" on either side. -French the aviation of both sides."--Reuter,

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