UNUSUALLY ACTIVE
FRENCH PATROLS
ENEMY RAipERS THROWN
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, (Received January 22, 2.20 p.m.) LONDON, January 21. It was ; officially announced in Ber-lin-that air leave of German troops of the front and home garrisons is restrictetl owing to; transport difficulties due to the extreme cold. Paris reports a heavy fall of,, snow on the Western Front, although temperatures have risen slightly., French patrols were unusually active at thfe weekend, particularly in the Blies area, where they penetrated enemy territory to a depth of two miles. German detachments, under cover of a box barrage, raided a French out*post. The French artillery quickly intervened and laid down a heavy' curtain of fire: The. defenders threw back the Gerrnaris with light machineguns, inflicting heavy casualties-
A lost German soldier wandered into the. French trenches. .. • .
French planes twice' reconnoitred over Germany. A German warplane flew over eastern France. - A French war communique stated that an enemy raid' west of the Vosges completely failed. ..-'/ " ■
For the first time during the war French fighters brought down a> German plane near the British coast. A patrol was cruising .at" a high altitude between Calais and Belgium when it spotted a German machine heading for England. It crossed the Channel in pursuit, swooped down from a height of 27,000 feet, and punctured the German's oil tank and stopped one engine. Eventually the enemy plane, crashed..; on the seashore after it had turned - back towards France.
A German war communique stated: "A number of prisoners were captured in a patrol engagement between* the Moselle and the Palatinate Forest. The air force reconnoitred over Britain and France. Air battles occurred over the French front and one •■; German plane was lost. Solo enemy planes flew over Netherlands territory to I Germany at night." -
The British Air Ministry announced that several reconnaissance flights were carried out 'over north-west Gei> many on the nights of January 18 and 19: '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 18, 22 January 1940, Page 9
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315UNUSUALLY ACTIVE Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 18, 22 January 1940, Page 9
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