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Solid Wall of Guns Creates Carnage of Wrecks

NAZI TANKS

2,000

BATTER

AGAINST

WEYGAND'S LINE

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.

NAZI TANKS IN TROUBLE Plan To

the

coast.

LONDON, June 6 (Reuter).-frst strike through at Abbeville near So far, the new battle on the

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

they have not sectors. However,

It may be some time before preached Soissons itself. clear picture of its

scope

can

are

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

Anti-Tank. Defences Score

the new system of anti-tank defences On the whole, saki the spokesman,

has completely filled its role although some tanks got through, They, how- lover, snow found themselves in trou

The further they went the more

When they got well were attacked

Rofhal Sector Blazos Up There

German armoured ble. vehicles in all these areas but it is A French military spokesman 10-not yet possible to say

emerge.

they

Seize S'hai Settlement

Miles

0 10. 20 30 40:

DOVER

BOULOGNE STOmer?

Flushing

MEUSE

ANTWERP

BRUGES GHENT

Dunkirk

Nieuport

Folkestone CALAIS

Courtrai

BOUDENARDE

MALINES

LOUVAIN

BRUSSELS

LIEGE

Tournai

Ath

Le Touquet

Montreuil BETHUNE

LILLE

NAMUR R

Lens

VALENCIENNES Mons

Maubeus

ARRAS

Dinant

DOULLENS

ABBEVILLE

CAMBRAI

BAPAUME

Avesnes

DIEPPE

AMIEN

Si QUENTIN

La Fere

Neufchateau

SEDAN

ROUEN.

Beauvois

Montdidier Noyons

COMPIEGNE

Cermont Creil

RETHEL

NEUFCHATEL

Montmedy

PARIS

RHEIMS

VERDUN

RIMARNE

Epernay

CHALONS

Allied Warplanes Stage Their "Blitzkrieg" SWEEPING R.A.F. RAIDS ON GERMAN LINES

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, June 6 (UP)-British bombers are sweeping deep behind the Nazi advance lines in an attempt to stem the "Blitzkrieg" along the Somme, and are also bombing military objectives in the Ruhr valley, according to an Air Ministry announcement.

German planes retaliated this morning by dropping incendiary bombs in Essex, the majority of which fell in fields. Two fires were started in Kent in the vicinity of the estuary

CONTINUOUS ACTION

THE WAR IN CHINA

MAJOR BATTLE IMMINENT

LONDON, June 6 (Reuter),The Air Ministry announces that throughout yesterday, last night and to-day, strong forces of heavy and medium bombers of the R.A.F. have been continual- ly engaged in harassing the second phase of the German offensive Extraordinary Story

against the Allied armies in France with 'n series of attacks on

CHUNGKING, June 7 (Reu- mechanised units, troop concentrations and lines of communica-

ter)-A major Sino-Japanese In Chungking

tlons behind the German battle front.

battle is expected to take place and Heligoland were

on the west bank of the Han CHUNGKING, June 7 (Reu-

Hits were registered on two Kiel canal how many ge-hog anti-tank defences

also visited.

declared River shortly. back ter), The Chinese Press

this convoys and a military train was

Machine-Gunned Targets day admitted that we had made one there are or whether they are parti- they

by specially morning gave prominence to a derailed, and at strategic points LONDON, June & (British Wire-Chinese military spokesman.

He climated that one third of the or two withdrawals but emphasised cipating in the main attack.

A French spokesman also spoke opped troops who had been held report of alleged Japanese plans roads and railways were tem- less). When aircraft of the R.A.F. that these were alight and only of a

to seize the International Settle- porarily made unusable.

Coastal Command again raided Ghent Japanete forces parilcipating in the tactical value,

this morning, the pilots not drive on lchang already had crossed Motor cyclists and

In addition, oli refineries and mar carly The Allies, it should be pointed the Rethel sector. out, never held the

He said 15,000 Japanese had crossed whole of the On Wednesday this sector was quiet fantry which attempted to

Germans had captured there but also Hamburg were bambed. southern bank of the Somme River. but to-day there has been a sudden the tanks were caught in a labyrinth in Shanghai in the event of sailing yards in the Ruhr and near only bombed the oil tanks which the the Han River.

of cross fire of niachine guns and air-Italy'a entry into the European

flew low and machine-gunned their the river cast of Shasi, while 30,000 or and renewed activity which seems craft. These have played their part war.

Right On The Mark

moro are crossing. targets. Medium bombers, after successfully

The Chinese Direct hits with heavy bombs were three bridge heads ever since their to be the preparation for an attack in putting the enemy to mut.

made attacking between Amiens and Arras made on several tanks. The blazing claborate preparations a long time were intercepted by enemy fighter oil could be seen many miles away. ago to meet the drive towards Icheng, wilch were engaged, and two of The flames were so bright that one the spokesman ødded. which were seen to

to be in flames,

plot, evading the searchlights was At Cambrai direct hits were

The Germans have held two

about the heavy German shelling of ready for this purposeclunised in- ment and the French Concession

Allies Fighting Incredible Odds

By MILES HANDLER

UNITED PRESS WAR CORRESPONDENT WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES ON THE AISNE FRONT, June 6 (UP)-French tank officers revealed to me to-day the almost incredible numerical and qualitative strength German Panzer (motorised) divisions,

of the

These officers participated in a brilliant action which halted the rush of the enemy's mechanised units on the Aisne River.

The German advance was halted everywhere despite the fact that in many of the land battleship encounters French tanks were outnumbered ten to one.

260 tanks each

What They're Up Against

The

total strength of a division is divided as follows:

between 20 and 40 tona;

follow

2,000 Tanks Flang Into Fight

PARIS. June

(Reuter).-

Germans Bung over 2,000 tanks into battle to-day. Several hundred of them were destroyed.

Military, quarters state that the

The tanks failed to penetrate the French defences, which are disposed in great depth.

The Alleged Plan

The alleged plans are said to com- prise the following points:

sce the target plainly.

(1) The Wang Ching-wel Govern siered on a rallway and u marshali Jable to climb to 8,000 feet and still ment is establishing a committee con-

He dropped another salvo and sisting of Hsu Liang (Vier-Minister log yard, tearing up the tracks for

started more fires. Then he dived of Foreign Affairs),

Wang Hang-hundreds of yards.

An enemy occupied aerodrome altowards the tanks again and when chang (Vice-Minister of Justice) and

and at Le only 400 feet up, opened fire with An Infltration of six or seven miles Fu Sho-en (Mayor of the Munfel-Combra! was bombed,

the Coteau the enemy was subjected to his front gun. occurred on the Lower Somme and palily of Greater Shanghal) for

A trala wasi The rear gunner took up the fire the Aillette Canal, but in nearly all purpose of taking over two special a heavy bombardment.

as they pased over the target. He France, the points of support held district courts, the Police and public wrecked..

St. Quentin and Doual were also saw tracer bullets getting the oil utililes;

visited. 36 Naxi Planes 'Downed

(2) The gro-Wang Ching-wel The principal oil deposit attacked! French fighters brought down 36 press is agitating for retrocession of was nt Hamburg, where the works machines to-day for curtain, and the concessions and is launching were set on fire and at the end of seven others were probably destroyed campaign against France and Britain; the bombing there was a chain of fire

French cannon-fring nirerafi at- tacked German tanks with good effect. Turn to Pago 2, Third Column over the whole target area.

firm.

It is Indicated that despite the enormous quantities of material, used

by the Germans, the whole of the French centre is holding firm.

Splendid Morale PARIS, Jure 0 (Reuler).—A

issued to-day| more. The sooner we get them the French communique

glen of the Rhine.

IL DUCE'S PUZZLING

VACILLATIONS

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

in

ablaze.

King Leopold Repudiated By His Aunt

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" PARIS, June 0 (UP), Henriette, Duchess of Vendome and sister of the inte King Albert of the Belglans, to-day publicly repudiated the action surrendering to the Germans.

The Duchess lives in France, where she owns a villa at Cannes and castle in the Alps.

lasuca Communiquo .. Her reputation of her nephew

..

German mechanised divisions such sooner we will end this war." states that the misrale of our troops as those which broke through at Tanic officers anxiously enquire is splendid.”

"Our aviation continued in the PARIS, June 6(UP)-Although political quarters Sedan in the initial stages of the whether they can count on America blitzkrier comprise two regiments of to turn out thousands of tanks, which destruction of the Rhineland and the France are paying close attention to Mussolini's policy of vacilof her nephew King Leopold, in

are needed as well as planes railway system of factories in the relation, the impression does not prevail that the Italian dictator

Like A Floot' At Soa

"On Wednesday 30 enemy planes as abandoned his intention of joining in the war as Germany's

by ally. This is not nil. The enormous mass were shot down with certainty of five hundred tanks in accompanied our fighters and anti-aircraft artillery. Warlike preparations aro pro Further Delay Possible Fifty heavy tanks, averaging firstly by 24 tractor-mounted runs, "Seven other enemy aircraft were ceeding in Italy at an increased Nevertheless, the opinion is ex was contained in Filty lanks averaging between 15 secondly, by a battalion of anti-lank hit and probably destroyed..

There is nothing to report on the tempo, and now anti-British and preased in Paris that President Roose munique, which she issued to the

to-day. guns totalling. 30, pieces and alco and 20 tons

remain non-belligerent may have a

states: mounted in tractors, thirdly by a rest of the Front. The enemy attacks anti-French demonstrations are velt's efforts to persuado Mussolini to Press regiment of motorised troops and which might have been expected in reported.

certain effect on Italy's attitude, even fourthly by a battalion of motorlaed the region of Rethel did not material Nearly all British subjects only to delay a decisions for some the Duchess of Vendame, conserves hundred and Afty- d-ton

engineers.

residing in Italy have already days. French Communiquo

་། The organisation closely resembles The watchword of hundreds of

a Beet. at. sen in which the heavy PARIS, June(Reuter)The evacuated, and the last of the Ar to the ultimate success of the and denounces with, indignation all Stan and (ine omecra fhave met on tatile constitute the battle flent, the latest French communique states: parsiunel of the British Em-huberous interventions in favour of those of her family, who failed to follow the glorious example of her the western front is "American

Turn to Pago 2, "Third Column] prother, the King-Knight, s planes. We must have more and Turn to Page 2, Third Column Turn to Page 2. Third Column (bassy has departed

One hundred and fifty 10-ton

tanks

Ise."

a formal cum-

The communique

The sister, of Albert of Belglumes,

9 the traditions of honour and secrifice

Command

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