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No. 16171

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FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1940.

日二初月五

Solid Wall of Guns Creates Carnage of Wrecks

NAZI TANKS

AGAINST

LINE

2,000

BATTER

WEYGAND'S

By RALPH HEINZEN

UNITED PRESS WAR CORRESPONDENT

WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES, JUNE 6 (UP).—TWO THOUSAND GERMAN-TANKS WERE HURLED AGAINST THE WEYGAND LINE EAST OF AMIENS TO-DAY.

BUT HITLER'S MECHANISED ARMADA HURLED ITSELF AGAINST A STONEWALL DEFENCE.

Two Hundred Destroyed

The irresistible met the immovable and the irresistible was shattered. Two hundred tanks were captured or blown to bits.

New types of tank traps and a solid line of the famous French 75's created a carnage of twisted steel and flaming wreckage as they fired point blank at the advancing mechanised army. The deepest point of penetration by the. German Panzar units was at Chailenes, six miles

from Peronne, where the French infantry retreated across the Somme in order to permit the

artillery to have unrestricted targets.

Battle Rages Fiercely

At 8 p.m. a French communique stated that the battle was raging fiercely along the entire front from the lower Somme near Abbeville to the Ailette River between Laon and Soissons, the chief attacks being in the region south of Abbeville, south of Amiens and south of Peronne.

The communique added: "The Germans attacked with approximately 2,000 tanks, which took the offensive in groups of 200 to 300.

"French divisions are fighting magnificently.

"The German advance along the lower Somme region has reached the Bresle river, which runs into the Somme near. Amiens while in the Ailette River region the Germans have reached the heights of the Aisne.

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REASONS FOR HOPE

PARIS, Juno 6 (Reuter),——“Within the last fortnight, I have addressed you twice and each time I have had to announce bad news," said M. Paul Reynaud in a broadcast to-night,

"On May 21, I informed the Senate that the Germans had taken Amiens. "On May 28, I announced that the King of the Belgians had betrayed us and the road to Dunkirk was open.

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"To-day in an hour which remains grave, I am going to give reasons for hope

NAZI TANKS IN TROUBLE Building More not words but facts.

LONDON, June 6 (Router) → Arst strike through at Abbeville near So far, the new battle on the the coast.

These bridge heads were obvious Western Front from the sea to points for attack but there has also the Aisne is still in its early been pressure at other poists, notably in the Amiens, Peronne, and Solasons Binges.

sectors. However, they have not It may be some time before a reached Soissons itself. clen: picture of its scope can ***erge.

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French military spokesman to admitted that we had made one or wo withdrawals but emphasized lux these were slight and only of a tactical value.

The Allies, it should be pointed out, never held the whole of the soat ern bank of the Somme River,

The Germans have fired a lot of smoke-shells, presumably to hinder observation on air reconnaissances.

Anti-Tank Dafences Scara On the whole, sald the spokesman, the new system of anti-tank defences has completely Allied its role although some tanks got through. They, how- Rothol Sector Blaxes Up ever, soon found themselves in trou- There are German armouredble. The further they went the more vehicles in all these arens but it is hedge-hog. anti-tank defences they not yet possible to say how many found. When they got well buck there are or whether they are parti- they were attacked by

specially cipating in the main allick.

equipped troops who had been held. A French spokesman also spoke ready for this purpose. about the heavy German shelling of Motor cyclists and mechanised In- the Rethel sector.

fantry which attempted to follow.

On Wednesday this sector was quiet the fanks were caught in a labyrinth but to-day there has been a suddenļot cross fire of machine guns and air-

These have played their part The Germans have held twa..or and renewed activity which seems craft. three bridge heads ever since their to be the preparation for an attack in putting the enemy to rout.

cotties In Action On Lower Somme Front

LONDON, June 6 (Reuter).-Highland regiments of a famous division have to-day been fiercely resisting the German attack on the Somme front, says "Eye-Witness," writing from the advanced battle headquarters on the Somme front."

These troops are part of the British forces on the front which are holding a section of the line near Abbeville.

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2,000 Tanks Flung Into Fight

PARIS, June

(Reuter). Military quarters state that the Germans flung over 2,000 tanks into battle to-day. Several hundred of them were desirbyed.

Planes Than

We Are Losing

LONDON, June 6 (Reuter),— IL stated in authoritative quar- ters that the exaggerated German claims of fesses inflicted on the British air force appear to have raised the question in many coun- tries as to whether the British alr force can for long continue to stand the strain of the present air operations,

The fact is that not only are the German claims wholly ir- responsible and exaggerated, but that production is more than overhauling our losses, and will do so increasingly in future.

Argentina And Fifth Columnists

LATEST

"Germany has launched herself against us with her usual brutality by three

Won World's Admiration separate thrusts.

"During these days the valour of "The first was when German our military leaders has affirmed it- propaganda announced that the self in a magnificent fashion. Allied Armies, which had gone Abrial, the defender of Dunkirk,

"This morning, 1 receved Admiral "In these men who have won the to fight in Belgium, had been encircled and would be annihi-admiration of the entire world, France)

belleves. lated.

"In these men wo sto revived the "They were to be cut off from the sea and deprived of munitions and eternal glory of the Generals of the provisions. The world would wit-Revolution and of the Admirais of

tho French Navy. ness a capitulation unprecedented in history.

"All the glory has been revived by thousands of obscure sacrifices which will probably never come to light, Ring Of Steel Never Closed

made by the soldiers of our northern "In the face of the impossibility of armies and our saflors

the frst "After the surprises of repairing this vast loss of fighters, the morale of the Allies would be combat, our soldiers of 1940 have crushed.

proved themselves, equal to those of 1914 who never doubted victory, even when the Germans were win-

"This ring of steel, however, was never closed. Three hundred and thirty three thousand Aliled soldiers ning. were embarked at Dunkirk, teaching Germany the significance of mastery BUENOS AIRES, June 6 (Reuter), over the seas. -A BI intended to profect Argen-

Morale Holds Firm "The second was aimed at breaking the morale of Paris,

"Last Monday, Hiler organised a

The tanks. falled to peneirate the French defences, which are disposed tina against Fifth Columnists as of our troops, our country reverted spectacular raid on the capital.

"For from breaking up the morale in great depth.

An infiltration of six or seven miles been tabled by the Government and itself equal to the strain and worthy occurred on the Lower Somme and expected to pass all stages of Con- of our ancestors. the Aillette Canal, but in nearly all ess to-day. France, the points of support held

36 Naxi Planes Downed -French-fighters brought down 36 and

machines to-day for certain,

· seven others were probably destroyed. the German onslaught fearlessly, and French cannon-firing alreraft ́at- calmly, and many multiamen who tacked German tanks with good effect. were called to the colours only a It is indicated that desplie the year ago have shown themselves as enormous quantities of material used by the Germans, the whole of the good sollers as any.

French centre is holding.firm.

been in blaz-

Splendid Maralo

10-day

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"He employed hundreds of borbers The heroism of the and fighter planca. What were the battle of Flanders and of the rear-alleged objectives of importance? The bill provides for rigorous con-guard fight before Dunkirk have All the world knows and he knows,

trol of all foreign societies, already gone down in history.

Conte Biancamano Will

Stay In Neutral Port

conformity with the

as has been proved by precise-figures, that women, children and old people were hit.

Did all this disturb Paris? No, noi for a second.

Some minutes after the bomb- ing rald, I saw on the spot the proud faces of our working men and women, the people of Parls who: do not know how to tremble.

In Excellent Spirita

"We know now that what ap peared to be a colossal rald was Our men are in excellent spirits Live Up To Reputation

nothing to the soul of Paris. despite heavy artillery, machine-gun PARIS, June 0 (Reuter).A PANAMA, June 6 (Reuter).—The Italian liner, Conte fire and low-flying bombing.

French communique Issued The Germans, launching a

The Allies Reply. The General said: "They just shake states that "the morale of our troops Biancamano, is reported to have received orders to-day strong push in the darkness_last themselves afterwards and laugh." is splendid."

"This rold, as you know, did not aight from the Somme where To-day's Oghting had bee

"Our aviation continued in the to remain in Port Balboa until further notice.

remain without reply.

"On they already held several bridge-ing sunshine and almost tropical heat. destruction of the Rhineland and the

Tuesday flight, successivo JERUSALEM, June 6 (Reu-) Minister in railway system of factories in the reter).-The Many fought in shirt-sleevės.

waves of British bombers attacked heads, isolated several of our

Italian steamer,

Pope's decision to offer hospitality factories in the Ruhr district. Probably the Germen attack in this glon of the Rhine. positions.

sector would have been even fiercer "On Wednesday 30 enany planes Galata, left Haifa carrying 1601epresentatives at the Holy See of "Bombs were dropped on Dort-

nations

which italy might mund, with But the British troops, although but for the terrific artillery bombard- were shot down with certainty by Italian

Frankfurt, Duesseldorf, passengers, mostly eventually be at war. surrounded, fought on tenaciously, ment of several bridges yesterday, in our fighters and anti-aircraft artillery, women and children.

All measures for a total black-out)

Cologne and Essen. living up magnificently, to the divi- which more than 30,000 shells were "Seven other enemy aircraft were

stotes "The fire of the petrol The Italian air-liner failed to arrive have been taken in the Vatican City which were set aligh, was visible alon's reputation for loughness and fired.

hit and probably destroyed. So far, it is not clear whether or "There is nothing to report on the yesterday,

Vault As, Rald Shelter

from

a distance of 100 kilometres. It is stated that the Company is The German penetrations have not this attack on the Lower Somme rest of the Front. The enemy attacka

The great vault of the 15th century "Frach_bombers flew over Manif

Ulne, made it necessary to withdraw our is merely a sideshow to distract at which might have been expected in potetep further booldags to tower of Pope Nicholas V near SL helm,

and

· Ludwigshafen - Hoe at certain places to positions tention from the much heavier assault the region of Redial did not materiai

[Potárs, has been cleared of contents, Muních, Thế colossal' factory of several miles south of the Somme, further east, which the French armies jis. ----

Vatican As.Sanctuary as that it can be used as an air raid Badische Anline was tel on fire... bul every inch of ground is being are so galiantly resisting, but what-

French Communique

VATICAN CITY, Jured 6 (Neuter), [shaller,"

the "Flames were visible', from contested.

PARIS, June. ever should develop, every prepara

(Reuter), --Ther) —- Apartments are being prepared "at] The armoured room in the tower is French frontic "Men of every profession and trade ton has been made to meet

the Palace Banta Muris for the arranged as the latest French communique states:

strong room for "Each raid or French town will have been among those who met situation.

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