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BATTLE OF THE TANKS
THRILLING STORY OF DIRECT CLASH
Paris, To-day.
A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT with the French armies tells a thrilling story of a battle between French and German tanks in the Borg Forest. Details of the encounter were given the correspon- dent by a French officer who witnessed the battle.
As the French tanks were lumbering forward through woody land, German tanks came out to meet them.
GERMAN SQUADRON ELUDES THE NAVY
London, To-day. The Admiralty announced last night that a British naval squadron tried to en- gage enemy warships, who were reported to be off the south-west coast of Norway on Sunday afternoon,
The enemy warships got away in
the darkness,
In the north-east area of the North Sea there have been numerous attacks by German bombers on British crui- sers and destroyers.
No British ship has been damaged. The German casualties are not known. -Reuter.
10,000 MISSING IN SAAR
Firing broke out at close range without any supporting infantry or screening aeroplanes.
The opposing tanks blazed away at each other for hours at point- blank range, and the German. tanks fell out one by one, their armour plating pierced and the crews dead.
The French tanks then resumed their advance. /
Last
U.S. NOT APPROACHED TO INTERCEDE FOR PEACE
Washington, To-day.
The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, stated yesterday that the United States had not been approached by alther Ger- many, Britain or France to inter- codo for peace.-Reuter.
SOUR GRAPES SUPREME
Shanghai, To-day.
BUTTER
ANOTHER BRILLIANT R.A.F. EXPLOIT
London, To-day.
For the first time, four British planes have just car- ried out daylight reconnais- sance flights the whole way along the German front- ier from France to the North Sea, says "Eye-Witness,” with the. Air Force France.
in
They went to investigate reports received at headquarters with regard to the evacuation of important Ger- man cities, big troop movements near Aix-la-Chapelle, significant concentra- tions of aircraft, and intensive build- ing of fortifications near the Luxem- burg troni'er etc.
Experts are now studying the rezulto of the flights and· It-la. understood that photographa takem. by the planes are expected to be of the utmost value.
The machines want in pairs from a secret nerodrome: behind the Maginot. Line,
fenter.
troops in North-East Hunan! Chinese losses were 240,000, according to the these Japanese spokesman, and of
Having achieved their purpose, the
The Japanese never in-60,000 were allegedly "wiped out," ACTIVITY OF PATROLS comtended to occupy Changsha, Japanese withdrew to positions ort-
night's French war
the Moselle and the Saar.
from the
ginally held on September. 15!
munique says there was very great capital of Hunan Province,
Chin activity by German patrols between declared the Japanese Army The spokesman added that
ese claims of victories were. really at Artillery on both sides was active | Spokesman,
yesterday
due to the fact that they walked into Moselle to the Rhine.
evening's press conference.
positions which had been intentional- DEPARTURE POSTPONED
The so-called drive on Changsha, ly evacuated by Japanese troops. Helsinki, To-day.
he said, was really intended to in- Reuter, The Finnish delegation which was flict heavy damage on the to have left for Moscow yesterday to conduct "negotiations," postponed its
departure until to-day.
Reason is that all questions of a political nature must be approved by the Finnish Parliament before any pact is signed. Reuter.
ATTACKS ON NAVAL CRAFT
London, To-day. During yesterday repeated actions have taken place in the north-eastern areas of the North Sea between Ger. man bombing aircraft and
EVACUATION British cruisers and destroy-
London, To-day.
German radio station
eys.
No British ship has been damaged, The enemy casualties pre unknown.
have been broadcasting long-Reuter. lists of people whose where- | abouts are unknown.
They are urgently asked to report their whereabouts immediately.
Bome 10,000 names were given, and their former addresses. Ahow that most of them cama fram the Saar district.
This seems to indicate that the Saar was evacuated in such a hurry that the authorities do not know what has become of the evacuees Router.
ANOTHER U-BOAT SUNK
Paris, To-day.
It is officially announced that a French naval patrol' has sunk a German sub- marine. Reuter.
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