GERMAN DUPLICITY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20275, 17 June 1940, Page 4

GERMAN DUPLICITY

TROOPS AS “REFUGEES” TREACHERY IN TANKS (Klee. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, June 15. Every kind of trick and deception is used by the Nazis to speed up the advance of their armies. The stories of two such ruses have been described in London. At one point, an observer said, a line of what appeared to be refugees, including women with arms in slings, came walking down a road in front of the British position. Immune from fire, they advanced until suddenly they threw themselves down and opened fire. The “refugees” were German soldiers in disguise. A general described the way in which the Germans effected the breakthrough near Forges les Aux. Soldiers guarding a bridge saw two French tanks roll up with tricolour pennants (lying and men waving from the open turrets. He said that the men waved back and cheered. When the tanks had passed them, they suddenly turned and opened point-blank fire. Then a number of German tanks followed them, and the breach was made.