Penetrate Siegfried Line

Northern Advocate, 6 September 1939, Page 7

Penetrate Siegfried Line

It is officially announced in Paris that French forces have contacted the Germans and penetrated German territory. It is reported in London that fighting has been in progress since dawn on Monday.along,the French frontier for 300 miles; -also, that the French have penetrated the Siegfried Line at several points. War communique -No. 3, issued in Paris, reports that operations by the whole land, sea; and air forces -are proceeding normally. The Berlin correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain says it was officially announced that up to 9 a.m. not a single shot had been fired on the western frontier. | „ There had been no air raids, except the British raid on Willi el msh a ven and. Cnxhaven. The Paris correspondent of the agency says it-is understood the engagement on the Western Front is by preliminary manoeuvring of the advanced Prench and German troops. An official communique did not indicate any real fighting up to 3.45 p.m. Paris time. It is officially claimed in eßrlin, according to the Associated Press of Great Britain, that the British air raiders - at Wilhelms-' haven and Cuxha.ven, who were shot down, now number 12.

The damage to the ships is minimised,