ACCELERATED ACTION.
POSSIBLE AT ANY MOMENT. ALLIED ARMY CHIEFS CONFER, (Received This Day, 9.10 a.m.) PARIS, September 7. It is disclosed that Sir Edmund Ironside (British Chief of the Imperial Staff) and... General Newell have been in France, since Monday conferring with General Gamolin (French Commander-in-Chief) and General Guillemin. Accelerated British and French operations can be expected at any moment. BRITISH TROOPS IN FRANCE.
RAPID LANDING REPORTED. NEW YORK, September 6. The Paris correspondent of the “New York Times” reports that British troops are landing rapidly in France, according to an official spokesman. No figures were given. From Paris it is stated that although details of the landing, place, and numbers of British troops are not given, Government sources declared that the British Army would be able to give “infinitely stronger” support to the French forces than was given in 1914.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 280, 8 September 1939, Page 5
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