FRENCH OFFENSIVES

Grey River Argus, 6 September 1939, Page 7

FRENCH OFFENSIVES

Right Along Rhine ATTACK NEAR SWISS BORDER. (Received Sept. 5, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, September 4. The Associated Press of America correspondent in Paris states: “Fighting appears now to be general along the two hundred mile Rhine River frontier. French troops are reported to be hammering at the “Burgundy Gates/’ which is the valley enclosed by the Vosges Mountains and the Alps. This scene of operations is, northward of the conjunction of the French, German, and Swiss frontiers. ■ There is a further great offensive reported in the Valley of the Moselle . River, which runs from the Vosges Mountains to the Rhine River being situated in the east of central France.

Siegfried Line PENETRATED AT SEVERAL POINTS. (Received September 6, 4 a.m.) LONDON, September 5. It is reported that fighting has been in progress since dawn on Monday along the French frontier for a distance of three hundred miles. It is also reported that the French have penetrated the Siegfried Line at several points. NEITHER SIDE SHOOTING ! A BERLIN REPORT. (Received September 6, 4 a.m.) LONDON, September 5. According to an Independent Cable, from Berlin, Germah observers on the Western Front report that during Monday the French entered the line and sent aloft hundreds of balloons carrying banners with the words: “We won’t shoot, if you won’t!” The balloons wOre still' up at 9 p.m. The Germans raised makeshift signs worded: “We wdh’t fire either.’’ Sinews of War FRANCE IN GOOD POSITION. (Received September 5, 9.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 5. “The Times’.’ t?aris correspondent says: It is semi-officlally stated that France’s finances are in a good posit;'°The supply in Paris of wheat, sug* ar, and butter is assured, and fodder js plentiful.