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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21820, 25 November 1940, Page 7

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RUBBER AND COTTON By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received November 24, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, November 23. Friday’s closing prices were:— Rubber—Para 13d, plantation smoked 11 7-8 d per lb. Cotton—Spot 8.38 d per lb. Turpentine Nominal, bellevedly about 65/- per cwt. HOW TO WIN THE WAR OFFENCE AS WELL AS DEFENCE I From Our Own Correspondent) LONDON, September 21. General De Gaulle, leader of All Free Frenchmen, is likely to play a big part in the war, according to Mr James Marlow, author of “De Gaulle's France and the Key to the Coming Invasion of Germany,” in which he sets out to answer the question everyone is asking —How is this war going to be won? “Victory,” says Mr Marlow, “will not come by sitting at home and keeping the Germans out. It will come only by striking blows at that vast army that prides Itself on having never yet been conquered. It must be conquered. “The blow may be struck in one or some of the countries which the Germans have over-ridden. It may be struck in Germany itself.” For years in France, General de Gaulle was advocating the way which bitter experience has now taught to be the only way to beat Germany was “not with an expeditionary force of men in battle-dress with rifles at the slope,” but with “tanks and guns; more guns and more tanks; thousands of aeroplanes; tens of thousands of aeroplanes.” But De Gaulle was a voice crying in the wilderness. He was asked these 3 questions: “(1) Is the invasion of a country, or countries, now occupied by Germany, or of Germany Itself, feasible? "(2) It so, is it possible rapidly to transport to the Continent, and in sufficient numerical strength, armoured divisions and mechanised forces to effect this invasion? “(3) What is the value, as an auxiliary arm of parachutists for the invasion of Germany or of the countries occupied by Germany?” De Gaulle replied: “Yes. The military invasion of the Continent is practicable if the offensive force possesses a naval and air superiority sufficient: "(a) To make sure of a deep bridgehead for transporting an advance guard to territory well ‘prepared’ by the AbForce; and “(b) To guarantee continuity of transport and of supplies by sea and air.” General De Gaulle went on that there was no doubt that, after a bridge-head had been established, tank divisions, operating with the Air Force, were alone capable of proceeding to the attack and of pursuing the offensive. He added: “There is, further, no question that, in order to establish a bridge-head and to continue the offensive, the use of parachutists on a large scale is imperative.”