NAZI 'PLANE CARRIED ALARMING PAPERS
BELGIAN DISCOVERY.
Heavy Artillery Action On
Western Front
BRITISH PATROLS OUT
t'nllmi I'rixiH VHWM'lntUni. -ri«|i.\ rlirht. (liocrlvoil '.' p.m.) UiN IMi.V .laniinry IS. A Foreign Office spokesman enrillrined h report thai occupants of a **■■ I'liiiiii 'plane, which made a forced landing in Helghim last Sunday, had "important imd disquiet ing docu-
inenls in their possen-iou." a mcHwiigc I'rom Hrusscls. The spokesman rel'iised lo reveal their contents.
The police Hi'icntcd ii pro Nii.xi who « iih iuMpcct ing the spot, when , tin , 'pliiue landed.
It U report I'd from the 8.F..F. HeadHim i t cr-i in Franco llmt. despite the cold. I Iμ* Allies hii\c resumed full put ml and rci'oniiiii*Niu)i-«- activity. Ni> 'pluiies (•perilled, e\cept n lone < Icriiia n. which reconnoitred over Kiislith France mid the Sum-. Artillery nelioii win caused when the (■crmaiis suddenly licmin Mhelling the French front lines". Till' Flench took up ihe r-lm 1 Iciiyc ii n<l I lire w buck mi «*«|iiii I nieimuie of *hcll«. upon which the tiermans lengt liened llieir range,
The nwiiltiitit rniiritcr lint Utv action In-led I'mir In Mir-*. A nijjlit c< nii'm 11 u ii| Ik< "liiliw iluil mi outpost ri'|ml«ed nn enemy detachment in tile Vnsj-es and look «e\enil pri«oni<r«.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 8
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