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French And Germans Behind Each Other's Lines
BATTLE OF WILD FLUCTUATIONS
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PARIS, TO-DAY.
THE SITUATION APPEARED CONFUSED LAST NIGHT AS FRENCH TROOPS, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EVERY NATURAL OBSTACLE, WERE OPPOS- ING GERMAN ATTEMPTS TO PROGRESS SOUTH AND WEST. Combats on a scale hitherto unknown to modern warfare are taking place in the Landrecies-La Fere region where French and German units, are penetrating behind each other's lines and wild fluctuations occur. La Fere is in the Oise Valley due South of St.
Quentin.
GENERAL
On the whole of the front the French are launching WEYGAND'S
numerous local counter-attacks and many suc-
cesses have been scored.
In Belgium,.Allied troops continue
a large withdrawal movement which is being effected with success.
on
Furlous fighting is going on the central front, that is the 30-
TREACHERY IN FALL OF ROTTERDAM
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Paris, To-day.
mile line between La Fore and Landreoles. German tanks, sup ported by artillery and planes, are attacking in constant successive
waves.
SELECTION
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Paris, To-day.
The appointment of General Maxime Weygand as Allied Chief of General The Germans have succeeded in Staff and Commander-in-Chief on all making a slight opening through fields of operations followed a con- which a few motorised elements reach-ference of over an hour between Pre- ed St. Quentin.
Around Landrecies the battle is tak- ing place in thick woods which offer good positions against tanks. ·
The fall of Peronne is denied.
Maubeuge Doubts
Little information is available on the situation in the Maubeuge region, but it is feared the old forts defending the
Namur and Liege, Havas,
Germans Claim Important Advance; French Denial
"It was by treachery that passage of the Sambre, which have not the Germans succeeded in been modernised since 1914, will not gaining access to Rotter-be able to offer as good resistance as dam," declares a communi- que issued by the Dutch Legation here on the events which preceded the capitula- tion of the Netherlands army.
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Paris To-day, The German claim to have broken "A German unit approached a bridge through the French positions round St. leading to Rotterdam under the com- Quentin and to be within 30 miles of mand of an officer speaking perfect | Amiens is stated in French military Dutch.
quarters to be without foundation.
"The officer declared they were | Havas, raileving troops on duty, and the Germans suddenly opened fire, kill- ing the Dutch guards who took them for compatriots.
"These methods turned the flood zone,
No Alternative
"The Commander-in-Chief had no alternative but to stop the fighting following the destruction of one-third. of Rotterdam, knowing a similar fate lay in store for other open cities.
"One army's losses, as already men tioned, were about 25 per cent. of the total. The Dutch air force was practi- cally annihilated."
"The Grenadiers Regiment, entrust ed with the Queen's safety, lost 85, per cent of its men."-HavVRE.
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Paris, To-day.
A General Staff communiqué says fighting is taking place north-east of st. Quentin where our troops, are re- sisting energetically,
Violent enemy attacks in the Mont- medy region' were repulsed after the Germans had suffered heavy losses.
| There is great activity in the air, our 'fighters and gune inficting very heavy losses on the enemy. In one particui- lar case 10 out of a squadron of 15- planes were shot dow
sident Lebrun, M. Reynaud, Marshal Petain and General Weygand, after which President Lebrun signed a de- cree announcing the appointment. Havas.
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FORECAST:-North-east winds, moderate to fight; cloudy and misty generally,
DESTRUCTION
OF HAMBURG'S OIL TANKS
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London, To-day.
Great importance is attached. here to the destruction of the oil tanks at Hamburg, which con- |tained a great part of Germany's
oil supply:
Military circles are elated at the efficient work of the RIA.F/ In co-operation with the French áir fores.---Havasi
DIRECT HITS ON OIL DUMP
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Paris, To-day. Direct hits on the big fuel reserve tanks at Hanover were scored by the R.A.F. in a massive air raid last night.
Huge fires were started and the city was covered with thick black smoke rising from the burning tanks, Havas.
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