LATEST WAR NEWS
FIERCE FIGHTING ENEMY FORCES BEHIND ALLIES* LINES In a speech to the House o£ Commons Mr Winston Churchilli said that the Germans hold Abbeville and enemy armoured forces have penetrated to the reaif of the Allied forces in Frances Mr Churchill also said that General Weygand was conducting operations involving the ' whole of the French and British ivrmies. « a » « Fierce fighting continues around Arras, Cambrai and Douai British troops counter-attacked at Arras. Reports of successes have not yet been The R.A.F. is keeping up a ter-rf rific pressure on the enemy'Ssi lines of communication. # » * • Carrying out the recently announced policy for the defencel of Britain, the Government has detained Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Fascist Party, Captain Ramsay, and others well known for their activities. t • • • The death penalty has been introduced in Britain for gravei cases of espionage. Enemy aliens will be dealt with by courtsmartial but British subjects and neutral aliens will retain the right to trial "by the civil courts . m » « • American bomber aeroplanes manufactured for use by thej Allies are being flown across the Atlantic. Some have already ar-» rived.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 164, 24 May 1940, Page 5
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