“ALL THEY HAVE.”

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 196, 28 May 1940, Page 5

“ALL THEY HAVE.”

EFFORT BY GERMAN TROOPS.

FIELDS COVERED WITH DEAD.

(ReeoiA'od This Day, 12.5 p.m.) LONDON; May 27

Reporting recent’ developments on the battle front, British correspondents constantly refer to the magnitude of the German losses, and the fact that every ounce of the enemy’s strength and resources is being thrown into the present battle, irrespective of the losses suffered.

In the Lys section, says one correspondent, the Germans threw artillery, motorised troops, infantry and aviation into a determined drive to break the Belgian line, lmt they registered only slight local advantages at tremendous lo:& to themselves. In the vicinity of Valenciennes the Germans threw everything they had into two attacks on the French positions on the Scheldt, but without success. The Nazis have sustained enormous losses in the Montmedy sector.

A correspondent says: “The German losses on Saturday were exceptionally heavy, and the French, after counterattacking, found the battle-ground literally covered Avith enemy dead and Avounded.” Referring to the German air losses, the correspondent says: “The enemy’s losses are now estimated at 100 or 125 a day. The loss of mechanised vehicles, etc-., are also reported to be on a -large scale.” The same correspondent writes that according to military circles in Paris enormous numbers of German tanks and armoured cars have boon destroyed, ' especially during the Germait advance into Picardy.