A QUIET NIGHT
WESTERN FRONT
FRENCH PATROLS ADVANCE
(Received November 30, 1 p.m.)
LONDON, November 29. A French war communique says that nothing occurred during the night.
A French scouting patrol in the Bitche Plateau advanced between one and two miles into',Germany before encountering enemy outposts. They are reported to have brought back highly valuable information.
The German Official News Agency says: "The enemy artillery irregularly bombarded a hill to the south-west of Schneeberg and also in the Castleuieinsberg district. The German artillery was never at a loss for an answer. The French, for the first time in the war, tried to disturb the Palatinate Forest entrenchments."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 131, 30 November 1939, Page 13
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107A QUIET NIGHT Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 131, 30 November 1939, Page 13
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