GERMAN DEFENCES
IN FRENCH RIVIERA (Rec. 10.0) LONDON, Jan. 14. The “Daily Mails’ Stockholm correspondent says: Thousands of com scripted French labourers are, under Germans, working day and night \ to strengthen defences alo n £ French Riviera and the whole coastline from Marseilles through Toulon, Nice and Cannes to Mentone. There are Germans R uns .P lac f e d at 50-yard intervals along- the famous Promanade Des Anglais at Nice. Raid on Nice BY FRENCH COMMANDOES (Rec 12.0) LONDON, Jan.l4. The “New York; Times’’ Berne correspondent says: It is reported that French commandoes. Horn the island of Corsica v e raided Nice. They threw grenades into a restaur ant serving German officeis, wounding several, and they returned without a challenge. The Gestapo made many arrests, and threaten reprisals. This action may mark a turning point in the war for ..the French since it is taken as an indication of further French participation.
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Grey River Argus, 15 January 1944, Page 5
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