WAS THE ADVANCE ORDERED?

Marlborough Express, Volume LIIII, Issue 81, 7 April 1920, Page 5

WAS THE ADVANCE ORDERED?

FIGHTING*AT ESSEN

(Received April 6, 8.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 6. "Some reports from Paris assert the Government ordered an advance in the neutral zone under General De Goutte. Other ;.*ccou-nts state that this rumor is not confirmed; the Government merely directed Marshal Foch to make ready for emergencies. The Daily News's correspondent at Essen reports that severe fighting has been in progress since Sunday afternoon in the outskirts of Essen. The Government troops penetrated the suburbs, but the Reds drove them, .«it after desperate street fighting. There has been some looting •,within the town, but the Reds are ifiummarily shooting offenders.