THE WEST FRONT

Grey River Argus, 13 February 1940, Page 7

THE WEST FRONT

And Great Part of Europe I GERMANS BALKED BY LOW COUNTRIES’ FLOODING. I Aust. A N.Z. Cable A r sn.i (Received February 12, 7.25 p.m.) LONDON, February 12. Despatches from the Western Fi’pnt report that the battle lines arc again freezing hard. AU is quiet, .except for artillery activity west of the Vosges Mountains. The French night communique reports ' local activity on the part of patrols and artillery. The British regiments in the front are getting periodical relief. A battalion of Cameron Highlanders arrived behind the lines for a short rest, and excited great enthusiasm in French villages. Kilted pipers headed, a march from the railhead to the billets. ROTTERDAM, February 11. There is a cold wave throughout Germany. It has revived the winter misery. The railways, despite a shortage of supplies, cannot distribute foodstuffs without » recourse to canals and rivers, many of which are frozen. It will be a colossal war-time task to remedy the railways’ shortcomings, due to neglect of rolling stock while carrying out the four year"plan. Consignees are liable to punishment unless, by working on Sundays and holidays, they clear the trucks in a stipulated time. A shortage of coal and potatoes has closed down factories and green grocers’ shops. BUCHAREST, February 11. The Danube is again frozen. Heavy falls of snow have delayed transport. COPENHAGEN, February 11. There has been hard frost in Denmark for twenty-six consecutive, days, and it. has brought to a standstill all of the waters south of Skaw. It is now possible to walk from Jutland to Sweden across the ice-bound Kattegat. This is believed to be unprecedented. -