PARIS A PORTRESS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 166, 13 June 1940, Page 7

PARIS A PORTRESS.

FEW CIVILIANS REMAIN. 'LONDON. Juno 12. News from Paris is very sparse. I lie last messages.received early last evenin «■ said that tlie city was three-quai ters deserted, with all the stations closed and no trains running. The sound of bombs to the south-east merged with a rumble of guns to the notth . the vast caravan ol civilians leaving the citv continued southward- The latest request from the Military Governor (General Henng , which was foi • alt unmobilised Frenchmen over 17 vears of" age to depart, gave a fuithcr impetus to the evacuation. Paris was rapidly and steadily hein„ transformed into a fortress, and ei i, village between it and the enemy cad become a stronghold. TTic . hanks, which were removed from Paris, aie oner a tin" normally elsewhere. The operaun remain were rerS‘ ss*%»•**,‘q >ss nHont their business calmly. Shops were open and even jewellery was still } ® ujcnlaved in windows. It was not. being [7! flight biit". an orderly evacuation a of having key positions., The last issue of Le Alatm yesterday struck an inspiring note: “Two thoustrncK an i hi , , e Mown up sand yeais ago jn nr _ ZX holt t an t C = ,. r J ii WOuhl n he SrSo n sun; Paris remains unsubdu C< Vh Pa Mili n taTw Governor, interviewed. The lll, " r 1 ? e t]c f once of Paris does dcclared gtitute an isolated operationCt remains Within the joint strategy but ienia.no Wrench armies.’ The. German an patrols have claims that miles north-west • Of Paris. These forces, rotates arc cutting the approaches, to Boris' Between Rheims.and the trgonne Forest bitter fighting continues.