THAI FRONTIER
FIGHTING CONTINUES
FRENCH INVASION REPORT
AN AIR BATTLE
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, December 2. The High Command in Bangkok issued a communique stating that Thai forces on Sunday repulsed a French invasion of southern Thaijland. It said that French planes continued to violate Thailand • all day Sunday. ! A Hanoi report says a 20-minute ! air battle occurred above the Me|kong River village of Thakhek, while the French retaliated against! Thailand following bombings on November 28 and 30. The principal southern IndoChina cities are blacked out and the I Hanoi authorities are giving the impression of a grave situation.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 134, 3 December 1940, Page 7
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99THAI FRONTIER Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 134, 3 December 1940, Page 7
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