WESTERN FRONT

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 22, 26 January 1940, Page 8

WESTERN FRONT

"NOTHING TO REPORT"

WEATHER BITTERLY COLD

(Received January 26, 1.15 p.m.)

LONDON, January,2s.^ The Paris war communique .sayt there,is nothing to.'report.' .j ';

The Berlin war communique says: "There is nothing to report "in l-thV west. The air. force carried-out pursuit flights on the Western Front'and reconnaissance flights over ■ Great Britain." '\, ' "' "-'':' An earlier French. cornmuhiqU* ■ stated: Nazis patrols lon tfie -Westefti " Front are wearing white; overalls1 '"as.": camouflage. ' -" T"' The deep snow and bitter cold-have reproduced conditions similar to those on the, Finnish fronts. Patrols this morning were active on both-' sides. Artillery fire increased in the Blies region, but all flying has been brought to a standstill. There are many, cases of frost-bite among the French" garrison. " ' -. '- "

(Daventry broadcast:) LONDON, Thursday Night. Fighting on 'the Western Front, where the semi-Arctic conditions- show no signs of abating, is still confined to patrol and outpost actions.,