Beirut, Oct, 22.
General Maxime Weygand, former: French Chief of Stam and now Com. mander of French forces In the Near East, arrived here from Ankara, by lane this afternoon, He had. partie cipated, with "It-General APP, Wavell' of Great Britain, 40 military Parleys at Ankara—Havas. halted by the coded country even Before the French lines are rexchad The Warndt Forest has' also been evacuated by' Prench troops exert for two hilly positions of great aire. tetie valve where the French defen ders Were considerably reinforced he forest Uselt woe a possession of little advantage. to the French, who have adopted purely defensive tactics for the time being Havas, German Strategy Upset Paris, Oct. 22, A lover strategic move by" the French High Command fs belved 19 have disloented for th time being the Plans of the German headquarters, According to. information received here, German headers had Intended a ig offensive. ngninst French treope eccuping German territory. All French" troops,—however, were secretly withdrawn, except" the advance posts. Such effective dis: plays were made by these posts with ammunition, Verey tights, and by other means, that the Germans failed to discover' the French forces "had departed two days ago. Now. apart from a few observation posts, the French lines run approximately along French territory, leaving the Germans fo cope with the flooded lands ad: Joining the Rhine, Moselle and Soar Fivers. In some cases the Germans must now bring guns and troops over a battered no-man's Iand six miles wide—Reuter, Ten-Word War Communique Berlin, Oct, 22, A statement issued today by the German High Command sets a record in short war communiques, 'The communique comprises ten words in language and twelve in English translation: "In west no special developments beyond' minor artillery and scout troop. activity." Many Germans are puzzled by the apparent inactivity on the Western front and wonder when the enemy is going to strike—Reuter,
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