GERMAN PATROLS THROWN BACK
Received Dec. 8. 6.30 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 7. The American Associated Press Paris correspondent says that the French advance positions withstood repeated shocks from Gorman patrols over the entire front. The Germans faltered in the face of intense fire and started entrenching in no-man’s-land. but were dislodged by artillery and infantry. The London Times Paris correspondent says the return of fine weather has led to renewed activity. German patrols were more numerous and French battalions, also, were active and made several raids, securing most xaluable information. A night communique says: ‘‘A quiet day. Patrols active on either side. Infantry fire along the R-hine.” The French are strengthening the defences from the Swiss frontier to the sea coast near Dunkirk, in many places duplicating the Maginot Line.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 291, 9 December 1939, Page 8
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