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NAZIS’ SERIOUS LOSS SHOCK TROOPS ON WESTERN FRONT BERLIN, March 19. Both the German communique and the official news agency refer to the appearance of French shock troops on the Western Front. The communique reports patrol and artillery activity between the Moselle River and the Palatinate Forest. “We repulsed two enemy shock troop actions,” it 'says. The news agency states that German troops sighted enemy shock troop units during lively scouting activity in No Man’s Land. The French night communique states that the day was calm on the whole front. German reconna ; ssanee parties fell into an ambush and suffered fairly serious losses west of the Saar.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 68, 21 March 1940, Page 6
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